It is about reforms in the Catholic Church, especially more rights for women. Your resources, to draw attention to it: A one-week “Church strike”. Their Motto: “Maria 2.0”.
With a worship service Outdoors in Münster has started a nationwide campaign for greater women’s rights in the Catholic Church. Under the Motto “Maria 2.0” are calling on the initiators of women, but also men, to enter a week of no churches and volunteer activities, rest.
The Protest is directed against power structures in the Church and the cover-up of sexual abuse by public officials. In addition to the access of women to all Church Offices, the initiator of the demand, among other things, the abolition of compulsory celibacy and a comprehensive investigation of cases of abuse in the Church.
How many people will participate in the week-long “Church strike”, is difficult to assess, said co-founder Lisa Koetter. There are hundreds of groups, on the part of all the Church communities, including Berlin, Hamburg, and Freiburg, had, however, with the movement of solidarity.
Lisa Koetter, co-initiator of the Church strikes “Maria 2.0” at the opening worship in Münster
Bishop: “The impatience of many women perceive”
The osnabrück Bishop Franz-Josef Bode, supports the movement “Maria 2.0”. “I think the action is good, in order to set a sign for more participation of women in the Catholic Church,” said Bode, who is also the Chairman of women Commission of the German bishops conference, the Evangelical press service (epd).
Bode stressed that he is doing, although difficult, when women terminate on Sunday, the Eucharist, community and parish halls for their own celebrations, hold. “But the impatience of many women in the Catholic Church, you must exercise. Behind it is a deep injury is that you feel comfortable in the Church so believed, as it corresponds to your bet.”
Behind “Maria 2.0” is not a fixed group, but a women’s movement that emerged in the Heilig-Kreuz-Church in Münster. The two major Catholic women’s associations KDFB and KFD support the concerns of the “Maria 2.0”.
