REVISED WAC warmly Welcomes Laity voting at Synod! WE ARE CHURCH IRELAND warmly welcomes the decision by Pope Francis to include 80 non-bishops of which 40 are women with full voting rights at the upcoming Synods. This is something that WE ARE CHURCH IRELAND has long...

WAC warmly Welcomes Laity voting at Synod! WE ARE CHURCH IRELAND warmly welcomes the decision by Pope Francis to include 35 lay women and 35 lay men with full voting rights at the upcoming Synods. This is something that WE ARE CHURCH IRELAND has long campaigned for...

No Synod Transparency from Irish Bishops Pope Francis has asked us all to take part in the Synodal process and let our voices be heard. But it is our bishops who will finalise the Synthesis or summary for Ireland. So We Are Church decided to ask our bishops do they...

PRESS RELEASE 8 March 2022 “We Are Church Ireland calls on the male hierarchy to reform the sexist structure of the institutional church and end the second class status of Catholic women. As a first step towards this goal, it calls on the patriarchy to ensure that...

Complete vindication of Fr Bernárd J. Lynch. We are delighted to learn that the defamatory allegations made once again against Fr Bernárd Lynch have turned out to be without basis or even a scintilla of evidence to support them. These false allegations were made...

Spiritual Abuse of LGBTQ+ Catholics. We Are Church Ireland denounces the latest Vatican statement banning the blessing of same-gender unions as both theologically flawed and outdated as well as profoundly lacking pastorally. Many LGBTQ+ Catholic people experience it...

We welcome the Irish Bishops announcement of a National Synodal Assembly and their call for submissions for a new lectionary for Ireland. We are happy to hear from our bishops that they: • “hear a cry for transparency, greater participation and accountability in the...

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes Report. We do not agree with the Commission that “Responsibility for that harsh treatment rests mainly with the fathers of their children and their own immediate families.” The hierarchical male church played a...

Vatican unleashes the CDF on Fr Tony Flannery. We Are Church Ireland fully support and applaud Fr Tony Flannery’s decision not to sign the CDF document. We know that Tony is a dedicated and much loved priest and his suspension from public ministry has been a great...

WAC venue change for Minister Josepha Madigan after Mercy International Centre threatened with protestors WAC greatly regret the threats by protestors that led to Mercy International Centre withdrawing the meeting room booked for Minister Josepha Madigan to address...

PRESS RELEASE 10 January 2019 WAC call for Irish Lay Catholics to nominate new Bishops Pope Francis has stressed the urgent need for the laity to be involved in decision making in our church. One third of the Irish Catholic Church's 26 dioceses at Episcopal level in...

We Are Church is calling for an Assembly of the people of God in Ireland to propose new Structures for the Catholic Church that will include lay Catholics in all decision-making. The Assembly will be inclusive, involving all lay Catholics, ecclesiastical...