Female Bishops in Church of England is a Good Step… But it’s Just a Step
The Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu, said that Monday’s decision to permit female bishops…
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Catholic Church Ordained Women Before, Can Do it Again
An essay ignored by the Vatican since the 70s, translated into english for the first time, shows that the Catholic Church can ordain women.
Read MoreAgain, Vatican Punishes Gender Equality More Swiftly Than Sexual Abuse
A Franciscan peace activist is removed from public life as a priest for celebrating mass with a woman.
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Excommunicated For ‘Grave Scandal’ of Ordaining Women
Just after the new pope effectively shut the door to the ordination of women, a priest connects his segregated Louisiana upbringing and campaign to end the U.S. Army School of the Americas to last year’s excommunication for his refusal to quit ordaining women.
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Colin McGinn: Not the Only Masturbating Philosopher
While researching the history of philosophical arguments about the existence of God, it gradually became clear that my undertaking was in fact a study of masculinity, so shot through were these arguments with gendered assumptions and ideals. And, as a study of masculinity, it was also a study of patriarchy.
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Will Francis’ Statements on Women and Gays ‘Make a Mess’ Inside the Church?
Pope Francis turned heads with statements that suggest a course correction in the church’s attitude toward gays and women, but ultimately it’ll be what ministry, decision-making power, and moral authority women share that will answer the question.
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We Shall Not Stop at Evangelism: Remembering Evangelical John R. W. Stott
“If we truly love our neighbor, we shall without doubt tell him the Good News of Jesus. But equally, if we truly love our neighbor, we shall not stop there.”
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Catholic Church Targets Proponent of Women’s Ordination; Feminist Theologian
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, while he was a senior official for Pope John Paul II, envisioned a leaner, meaner church, one with conservative doctrine and compliant faithful. Now that he is Pope Benedict XVI, his dream is coming true.
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Vatican Pitbulls Make Cardinal
How do you rise to the level of cardinal under Pope Benedict XVI? Two new American cardinals reveal a pattern.
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Playing Hooky: Will Boycott of Catholic Church Spur Reform?
This Sunday, an 80-year-old woman in Ireland, Jennifer Sleeman, won’t be attending church. She hopes that other Catholic women in Ireland will join her: “Stay at home and pray for change.”
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