The Swiss Catholic Women’s Federation (SKF) has voted to remove the word “Catholic” from its name. The group, which with 100,000 members is the largest denominational women’s organisation in the country, will now operate under the title of the Women’s Federation Switzerland.
Its accompanying tagline, however, will reportedly still acknowledge its Catholic heritage and identity, stating: “Surprisingly Different Catholic."
The name change is driven by concerns regarding public perception of the term “Catholic”, reports CNA Deutsch, the German-language news partner of US-based Catholic News Agency (CNA).
“As a Catholic umbrella organisation, we consciously and repeatedly adopt positions different from those of the official Church,” Simone Curau-Aepli, the federation’s president, said of the name change.
