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Angela Bonavoglia

Angela Bonavoglia is the author of Good Catholic Girls: How Women Are Leading the Fight to Change the Church and The Choices We Made: 25 Women and Men Speak Out About Abortion (foreword by Gloria Steinem). Former Ms. contributing editor, Bonavoglia’s work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, The Nation, Salon Cosmopolitan, Newsday, The National Catholic Reporter, and more. For more, go to: www.angelabonavoglia.com

History/Theology, Sex/Gender/JusticeAugust 23, 2018

Why Changes in Reporting Won’t Fix the Catholic Church’s Sexual Abuse Problem

By Angela Bonavoglia

Even if the Church implemented safeguards it wouldn’t be enough. That’s because the Catholic clergy’s sexual crimes against children are a consequence, not a cause, of the church’s criminality.

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(A)theologies, ArchiveApril 6, 2015

Why Go to Church If You Don’t Believe Anymore?

By Angela Bonavoglia

A Good Friday post-mortem, as it were.

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(A)theologies, ArchiveMay 14, 2014

Debating Death: Is It Really the End?

By Angela Bonavoglia

Death is not final. Last week, four scientific big thinkers settled into their seats on…

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(A)theologies, New BooksMay 6, 2014

Barbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Wild God’ is Not Here to Help

By Angela Bonavoglia

The author may have seen the world burst into flame, but there was no Old Testament deity hiding in the bushes.

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StoriesJanuary 20, 2014

In Sexual Abuse Hearing UN Calls Holy See on Girls’ Reproductive Rights

By Angela Bonavoglia

The fact that these issues were mentioned is noteworthy because the church’s history of child abuse has taken many forms, many of which are tied to secrecy, sexual hypocrisy and misogyny.

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