Press Release from We Are Church Ireland on the Banning of Mary McAleese, Former President of Ireland, as Speaker at Women's Conference at the Vatican

 http://wearechurchireland.ie/wac-press-release-cardinal-farrells-snub-is-an-insult-to-the-dignity-of-catholic-women/

Mary McAleese represents the voice of women both in the Catholic Church and the wider world . 

Cardinal Farrell's snub of this outstanding Catholic woman has not alone insulted her integrity but also the Christian dignity of Catholic women throughout the world whose voices are persistently ignored by Church authorities.

This suppression of the legitimate voice of women within the Catholic Church  , as evidenced by the Cardinal's abuse of power in this instance, must cease as it is an insult to God whose image every woman bears. 

This unjust oppression of Catholic women by the Vatican must be brought to an end . It is an endemic injustice which is driving women especially the younger generation away from the Catholic Church as they cannot see  the Face of God in this male dominated institutional Church.

"If this issue is not resolved it will cast a shadow over the forthcoming World Meeting of Families , an event being supervised  by the Vatican based Cardinal Farrell." stated Brendan Butler