WUCWO's aim is to promote the presence, participation and co-responsibility of Catholic women in society and the Church, in order to enable them to fulfil their mission of evangelisation and to work for human development.
UK member organisations receive the President General
On 26 and 27 October, Mónica Santamarina, President General, and Lavinia Rocchi Carrera, Secretary General, paid an official visit to WUCWO member organisations in the United Kingdom[...]
Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640), The Triumph of Truth, 1622-25, oil on canvas, 394 x 160 cm, Paris, Musée du LouvreThe Virtues: Truth.The painting is the last of 24 that[...]
"The problems of today's world call for new solutions and the Church must be prepared to offer them at all levels. For this, it must have the valuable and essential, full and co-responsible[...]
On October 10 2024, the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to FAO, IFAD, and WFP together with the Forum Roma of Catholic Inspired NGOs held a seminar to celebrate World Food Day 2024[...]
A few days before the start of the second session of the Synod on Synodality, a webinar was held on 26 September, organised by the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations (WUCWO), in the[...]
God Walks with His People 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees Dear friends of WUCWO:"God walks with his people". What words so full of meaning and hope the Holy Father has[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]