We Are All Nuns
When it comes to the Vatican’s crackdown on women religious, I believe it’s time to declare that for the purpose of this struggle: we are all nuns.
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Lesbian Nuns: Still Immodest After All These Years
In 1986, Judith C. Brown published a book about Renaissance Italy called Immodest Acts. It was reviewed in the New York Times, The Nation, and the San Francisco Chronicle, not to mention many scholarly venues. Why? Perhaps because the subtitle of the book was The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy.
Read MoreWikiLeaks Strikes the Vatican, a Camel in the Pews, and Luke Skywalker Tolerance
RD’s religion roundup only had 6 drinks before meeting Billy Graham.
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Nuns Pray, Rangers Lose
So much for the efficacy of remote prayer. Or is there more to think about?
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Will Sisters Save the Catholic Church?
To turn suddenly to sisters as the rescue workers for a male-led institution is to saddle them with a clean-up operation that would “naturally” be a woman’s job in patriarchy.
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Queering Easter: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Redefine Sainthood
An order of queer nuns, founded in San Francisco thirty-one years ago, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is now a full-fledged pastoral and charitable organization, having given away more than a million dollars. They’ve also raised pioneers in LGBT and AIDS/HIV rights to sainthood, creating their own holy calendar.
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Why are Nuns and Monks in the Streets? (Parts I & II)
The strongest Tibetan response to China since 1959 and the media is only getting part of the story…
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