WUCWO - The World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations

Launch of the #WucwoPlantingHope Campaign

In response to Pope Francis' urgent call to action in the Laudato Si encyclical, the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations (WUCWO) has launched a new campaign called "WUCWO Planting[...]

Migrant women in Latin America and the Caribbean

In 2023 we initiated a project to analyse the experiences and challenges faced by migrant women in Latin America and the Caribbean. After contacting almost a hundred representatives of the main[...]

Art for Meditation - September 2024

La divina sapienza Luca Giordano NG London

Luca Giordano (Naples 1634 - 1705), Allegory of the divine Wisdom, 1680 circa, oil on canvas, cm 138,5 x 65,2, London, National Gallery The virtues: the divine Wisdom Luca Giordano[...]

How to be a missionary synodal Church? Only possible with women

Under this question, the text of the "Instrumentum Laboris" which will guide the work of the second session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly was published on Tuesday, 9 July 2024. It is[...]

The Cry of African Women

In November 2022, together with the Hilton Foundation, we started a project on the different types of violence and discrimination faced by women in Africa. After listening to more than 10,000[...]

How to be a missionary synodal Church

The Instrumentum Laboris (Working Document) for the second session of the Synod on Synodality was presented on 9 July, the working document containing the contents and questions for the more than[...]

Monthly message June-July 2024

WUCWO leaders lived a genuine synodal Board Meeting in Rome Dear friends,With great joy I address this message to you after spending five intense and fruitful weeks of work in Rome. At[...]

Synodality for Mission

On June 13, the Dicastery for the Laity organised the Annual Meeting of Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements and New Communities, where it was possible to reflect on[...]

Conference: Presentation of WWO's latest listening and networking results

World Women's Observatory (WWO) of the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations (WUCWO) Results of listening and networking On the 29th of May, from 2:30 to 4:30 pm, in the[...]

WUCWO DAY 2024

With great joy, we are pleased to inform you that, like every year, next May 13 we will celebrate WUCWO Day. This day represents a special occasion of union, prayer and celebration among all the[...]

Mónica Santamarina is interviewed by Vatican Radio

Image: Catholic News Service - Lola Gómez Mónica Santamarina, General President of the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations (WUCWO), has been interviewed by Vatican Radio[...]

The "WUCWO School for Synodality: The Mission of Women in the Synodal Church" is launched

Panelists of the 4 February webinars, participants of the Synodal AssemblyThe "WUCWO School for Synodality", an initiative of the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations (WUCWO) organised[...]