Recent reports in Germany alleged that Archbishop Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, harbored a pedophile priest in the Archdiocese of Munich, Germany. From Ireland to Switzerland, survivors are coming forward with allegations against church officials and dioceses are being forced to make public statements about their knowledge of the abuse that has been kept secret for decades.

Call To Action joins SNAP, the Survivor's Network of those Abused by Priests, in calling on European governments to initiate investigations into the allegations in order to uncover the abuse that has remained hushed for decades and may have been known by the highest level of officials in the Roman Catholic Church.

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Call To Action stands in solidarity with those who over the last month have experienced a series of oppressive actions by the Catholic hierarchy over sexual identity. In Washington DC, Catholic Charities discontinued its foster care services so that it could avoid placing children with loving same gender couples. Additionally, Catholic Charities, rather than give healthcare benefits to same gender couples, cut off all future healthcare benefits to spouses, gay and straight alike. Equally disturbing is the decision by some church leaders to bar a child from a Catholic school in Boulder, CO, solely because the child’s parents are two women.

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"At least 26 people have been unfairly fired from their jobs or quit because of working conditions in the Venice Diocese," declared Ellen McNally of Southwest Florida Call To Action. "We cry out to God in our pervasive frustration, our intense anger and our abiding hope for our Church."

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Call To Action stands in solidarity with New Ways Ministry this week after Cardinal George of Chicago issued a statement dismissing their pastoral ministry programs and casting doubt on their Catholic identity.

"New Ways Ministry is a standard bearer for what it means to be Catholic," says Jim FitzGerald, Executive Director of Call To Action. "Gay and lesbian Catholics often find themselves verbally and sometimes physically assaulted by those who believe in the homophobic and hurtful teachings of some church leaders. New Ways Ministry, like the Good Samaritan, has witnessed the suffering of gay and lesbian Catholics, their parents, families and friends, and has tended to their spiritual wounds. They are a model for the entire Christian community.

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Join Roy Bourgeois, Maryknoll priest and SOA Watch founder, as he speaks in your city as part of the "Shatter the Stained Glass Ceiling Tour." Cities include Washington, DC, Boston, MA, McAllen, TX, Tucson, AZ, Chicago, IL, and Sacramento, CA, and more. Click here for more information about locations, dates and how you can participate in breaking the silence on women's ordination.