Press Releases
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Voice of the Faithful presents “Conversations on Synodality with Vatican Commission Experts”
BOSTON, Mass., Apr. 6, 2022― Voice of the Faithful is presenting a webinar, “Conversations on Synodality with Vatican Commission Experts,” on April 20 as one of the events marking its 20th anniversary in 2022. The synod theological commission members featured on the webinar are Rafael Luciani and Kristin Colberg. The theological commission comprises 25 experts…
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You Can Now Register for Round Two of VOTF’s Synod on Synodality Input Sessions
BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 15, 2022― Voice of the Faithful has scheduled our next input sessions for the Synod on Synodality, the most significant opportunity ever for the Church’s laity to influence the future of the Church. See the schedule below, and please note: Every Set in every Round has two sessions, and each of those…
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Voice of the Faithful schedules first of many Synod on Synodality input sessions
BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 19, 2022―Roman Catholics worldwide embarked in October 2021 on a two-year synodal journey, and Voice of the Faithful, an international organization committed to raising lay voices in governing and guiding the Church, has scheduled the first of many Synod on Synodality input sessions. The Synod, called “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation,…
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Voice of the Faithful offers path for input into Synod 2021-2023
BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 6, 2022―Roman Catholics worldwide have embarked on a two-year journey together along a path called “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission.” The Synod provides the most significant opportunity ever for the Church’s laity to influence the future of the Church. Appropriately for an organization whose mission calls for Spirit-led voices…
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Fifth annual financial transparency report shows progress, but improvement needed
This year marks five years that Voice of the Faithful has reviewed annually all U.S. Catholic dioceses’ online financial transparency. Over the past five years, according to VOTF reviewers, overall diocesan transparency scores have increased, and some dioceses have achieved considerable success, but much work remains to be done. Click here to read “Measuring and…
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How can Catholics Re–Member the Church when voices are so divisive?
BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 13, 2021 – Headlines declaim Latin Masses, Communion wars and Vatican II attacks. Amid this divisiveness, the international group of reform-minded Catholics called Voice of the Faithful wants to Re—Member the Church, which will be discussed during its upcoming 2021 conference. Featured speakers and attendees will look closely at the body of…
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Former Roman Catholic cardinal criminally charged
BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 10, 2021 – Former Roman Catholic cardinal Theodore McCarrick had already become the poster child for the now two-decade-old Catholic clergy sexual abuse scandal when he was charged July 28 in Massachusetts for three counts of indecent assault and battery. The 91-year-old former prelate is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 3. McCarrick’s…
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Voice of the Faithful 2021 Conference will feature well-known theologian and women religious leader
BOSTON, Mass., June 17, 2021 – An internationally recognized theologian and author and the leader of an organization representing thousands of women religious will speak at Voice of the Faithful’s 2021 Conference Re–Membering the Church: Moving Forward. Overall, this year’s VOTF conference will look closely at the body of the Catholic Church to see how structure, power,…
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Re-Membering the Catholic Church
BOSTON, Mass., Apr. 13, 2021 – Voice of the Faithful’s 2021 Conference Re–Membering the Church: Moving Forward will look closely at the body of the Church to see how structure, power, participation, and accountability can be brought together within the Church to fulfill its mission of bringing Christ to the world. The online Zoom conference…
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Despite financial stress, many, but not all, U.S. dioceses post audited financial reports
BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 13, 2020―Despite financial stress from the COVID-19 pandemic and clergy sexual abuse settlements, the number of dioceses posting audited financial reports to their websites rose 5% in the past year, according to Voice of the Faithful’s 2020 study of U.S. Catholic dioceses’ online financial transparency. However, 43 dioceses posted no financial information…