WUCWO - The World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations

Roundtable: Women and Peacebuilding

“Women and Peacebuilding – Uncapping the Power of Catholic Women Peacebuilders”In today’s complex and fragile global landscape, peacebuilding is more critical—and[...]

Event: Untapping what is already possible

The UISG, in collaboration with WUCWO (World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations), invites you to an event of reflection and dialogue on shared leadership within today’s Church[...]

An event featuring women's voices in the Jubilee framework

Among the participants were, María Lía Zervino, member of the Dicastery for Bishops and Florence Mangin, French Ambassador to the Holy See.Between the Jubilee of Families and the[...]

Art for Meditation - June 2025

Titian (Pieve di Cadore 1494 - Venice 1576), The Bacchanal of the Andrians, 1523/26, oil on canvas, 175 x 193 cm, Madrid, Prado Museum Signs of Hope: The Young. The scene that[...]

The Board meeting has started

The annual meeting of the WUCWO Board has officially started, with the great majority of Board members, coming from different parts of the world, gathering in Rome to address important issues[...]

#InvisibleNoMore - Live with ambassadors

Join and Make Your Voice Heard!Date: May 22, 2025Languages: English, French, and SpanishTimes:English: 15:00 (CEST) Join hereFrench: 16:00 (CEST) Join hereSpanish: 17:00 (CEST) Join hereWe[...]

President General's message

Pope Francis' great legacy to the women of WUCWOThank you for your trust in us!With deep sorrow, but also with a heart full of gratitude, the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations[...]

WUCWO at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69)

The World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations (WUCWO) actively participated in the CSW Forum within the framework of the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of[...]

Interreligious network of women fostering encounter

WUCWO organised together with the Interreligious Network of Women Promoting Encounter under the patronage of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue on the occasion of the World[...]

Visit of the Hilton Foundation and audience with Pope Francis

In late January, WUCWO was honoured to welcome the Hilton Foundation Board to our offices in Rome. During this meeting, Mónica Santamarina, President General, María Lía[...]

"Device-Free Family Meals" Campaign

As Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Holy See’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva declared: “The family, after all, is, in many[...]

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[...]