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Does it really matter Yes, because we are all subject to a medieval theology of women on which Catholic Church leaders, including Pope Francis, base their promotion of public policies that compromise women’s health and lives around the world.
When I interviewed two Irish nuns in February it was a big story because it was the first time any nuns had commented on the abusive Magdalene Laundries run by four Catholic orders. Nothing since then makes a reconciliation with victims look likely soon.
Catholic opposition has kept a Philippines birth-control law passed in 2012 from reaching the women in shanties, where the birth rate is booming. Our reporter visits a woman who wanted three children and wound up with eight, aged 2 to 21.
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Advocates for female ordination in the Catholic Church welcomed the news on Monday that Pope Benedict XVI is resigning.
As Ireland undergoes a steep reported drop in religiosity, the isle of saints and scholars awaits a September report by a European rights court on the country’s abortion ban. The recommendations may sharply divide the coalition government.
A rotating group of a dozen or so nuns recently used a nine-state bus tour to preach against the GOP’s Ryan budget, one that will slash social services. In August the nuns’ leadership will decide whether to genuflect before the Vatican’s demands.
Caryl Rivers has not yet forgiven the Vatican for the sexual molestation suffered by her deceased brother. Male church leaders should be seeking forgiveness, she says, not reprimanding nuns who truly do God’s work.
A now-former IMF banker, a former governor and former reality-TV star made it a huge week for sex crimes and scandal. Catholic bishops tried to distance themselves from it all by deflecting blame to the permissive culture of the 1960s.
Native Americans who attended Jesuit schools in the Northwest and Alaska just learned they will share in a $166.1 million settlement for offenses including childhood sexual abuse. But plaintiffs in South Dakota–nearly half of whom are women–face a legal barrier.
October brings a rich autumn harvest of movies where women star and direct. “Vision,” about a 12th century nun, Hildegard von Bingen, vies for top interest in a heavy-duty lineup that also includes “Secretariat,” “Freakonomics” and the last of Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander trilogy.