WUCWO - The World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations

Message from the Ecclesiastical Assistant for Advent

Pastoral reflection for Advent"Blessed the one whose hope is in the LORD, his God," (Psalm 146:5).We spend a large part of our lives slumbering, without real awareness of what is going on[...]

Art for Mediatation - December 2024

Heinrich Aldegrever (Paderborn 1502 - Soest ca. 1560), The Joy, 1549, engraving on paper, 7.2 x 5.2 cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre The Virtues: Joy We end our presentation of the[...]

Monthly message - November 2024

There is no reason or impediment that should prevent women from carrying out leadership roles in the Church: what comes from the Holy Spirit cannot be stopped. (Final Document of the[...]

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[...]

Association of Catholic Women in Tanzania WAWATA visits the Parliament

WAWATA At the Ministry of Community Development Gender Elderly and Children MCDGEC Tanzania

WAWATA with the General Secretary for the Ministry of Community Development, gender, women and special groups, Dr Shekilage, and his Deputy, Felister MdemuThe Association of Catholic[...]

WUCWO commits itself against sexual violence

WUCWO's General President, Monica Santamarina, on behalf of all the women who are part of WUCWO, participated in the symposium on conflict-related sexual violence, organised by the UK Embassy to[...]

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[...]

What can we expect from the Synod?

"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[...]

FAO: World Food Day 2024

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[...]

Voices and faces on the threshold of the Synod

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]