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‘Cougar’ Women Say He Just Happens to Be Younger

By Claire Bushey ● Arts & Culture ● July 9, 2010

The cougar craze–of media interest in women with younger men–boasts a gallery of celebrities, books, TV shows, movies and mixed feelings. But in plenty of couples the dynamic is simple: He just happens to be younger.

Two Female Priests Buried as Church Outsiders

By Claire Bushey ● Arts & Culture ● May 28, 2010

Female Catholic priests, deemed excommunicate by Rome, buried two of their own this month, neither one in a Catholic cemetery. “They threw us away,” says a surviving member of Roman Catholic Womenpriests, which marked its first deaths.

Vatican Probe of U.S. Nuns Moves Quietly Forward

By Claire Bushey ● Arts & Culture ● February 9, 2010

The Vatican’s investigation of U.S. nuns is expected to be completed in 2011. Many think the probe amounts to an examination of the initiatives of the 1960s that revolutionized the life of nuns, allowing many to leave convents and pursue careers.

Catholics Push for Mary’s Canticle To Be Heard

By Claire Bushey ● Uncategorized ● December 21, 2008

Catholic reformers hope to restore passages praising Mary and other biblical women to the lectionary used in Sunday Mass. A Vatican synod in October called for a review, providing them hope that women may gain a bigger role in church teachings.

Economy Stretches Gender Gap in Obama’s Favor

By Claire Bushey ● Politics ● November 2, 2008

A group of economists in mid-October gave McCain a D, Obama a B, on 10 economic issues of critical importance to women. Meanwhile, the gender gap in the presidential race expanded while the economy contracted.

Child Support Revenues Jump in Obama’s Home State

By Claire Bushey ● Crime & Law ● August 21, 2008

Efforts to collect back child support from parents were ramped up over the last decade, hauling in $25 billion last year, but budget cutbacks are now hampering enforcement. Restored funding is part of Obama’s campaign platform for healthy families.

Catholic Outposts Push Advent of Female Ministry

By Claire Bushey ● Arts & Culture ● December 2, 2007

Dec. 2 marks the first Sunday of Advent, the start of the Catholic liturgical calendar and a season of waiting. But some are tired of waiting for a democratic church and they are preparing for Christmas in house gatherings and breakaway parishes.

Catholic Women Press Their Fitness for Priesthood

By Claire Bushey ● Arts & Culture ● August 26, 2007

Two Roman Catholic women were just ordained in Minneapolis, joining a roster that is condemned by Rome. On another front, advocates who prefer to engage the Vatican on female ordination pursue a “Ministry of Irritation.”

Age of Consent Muddles Law on Marriage vs. Rape

By Claire Bushey ● Arts & Culture ● June 7, 2007

A Delaware clerk of the peace is happy that his days of performing wedding ceremonies for underage, pregnant brides will soon be over. But a number of other states still have marriage provisions that conflict with their own laws on statutory rape.

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