German Catholic Women's Association
The German Catholic Women's Association (German: Katholischer Deutscher Frauenbund), abbreviated as KDFB, is a federally registered Catholic lay women's organization and political interest group. The association has roughly 180,000 members in Germany with 1,800 branches in twenty-one German dioceses.
| Formation | 6 November 1903 |
|---|---|
| Type | Catholic lay organization |
| Legal status | active |
| Headquarters | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany |
Region served | Germany |
President | Maria Flachsbarth |
Parent organization | Catholic Church |
| Website | KDFB |
The KDFB focuses on advocating for the rights of women in the Catholic Church in Germany and organizing educational seminars, crisis support programs, and religious pilgrimages and devotions for Catholic women. The KDFB promotes gender equality, environmental protections, charity, and education as Christian issues. The organization has been criticized by conservative Catholic organizations, such as the Forum of German Catholics, for supporting the Mary 2.0 movement and advocating for legal protections, equality, and Catholic blessings of same-sex couples.