https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to catholic nuns en https://religiondispatches.org/2022/10/26/skip-sexy-nun-costume-halloween Over the last several years, there has been growing attention to the role of cultural appropriation in Halloween traditions . And yet, costumes based on religious clothing—such as the sexy nun—seem to get a pass. Sexy nun and similar costumes… Wed, 26 Oct 2022 02:36:51 EDT Liz Bucar, Emma Cieslik 16fe1032-22ae-499e-871c-7571d320c645 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/05/03/queer-nuns-sisters-perpetual-indulgence-are-serious-parody-forcing-us-redefine-nuns-0 The Sisters are an order of self-named queer nuns who parody Roman Catholicism, and at the same time make an earnest and very serious claim to be nuns—just not Roman Catholic ones. Thu, 03 May 2018 04:14:09 EDT Melissa Wilcox fbe3b8fa-20e4-41a5-9f94-96ab34893435 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/05/03/queer-nuns-sisters-perpetual-indulgence-are-serious-parody-forcing-us-redefine-nuns Many think they’re mocking nuns, but parody or camp and mockery are often very different things. In fact, one of the easiest ways to move a Sister to tears is to tell her that nuns from other orders (Roman Catholic, Buddhist, etc.) recognize and respect her work. Thu, 03 May 2018 03:58:47 EDT Melissa Wilcox ae52c5bf-c406-4d2d-bc4c-36791a28610c https://religiondispatches.org/2017/07/25/catholic-nuns-show-bishops-how-its-done-obamacare In the end, it would be a fitting sort of justice if it were the Catholic nuns who saved the Affordable Care Act. After all, it was only through the efforts of Sister Nancy Keehan of the Catholic Health Association… Tue, 25 Jul 2017 12:00:11 EDT Patricia Miller 1365bec1-e6b6-4406-9001-80cad0e99149 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/02/02/another-guardian-catholic-orthodoxy-accused-protecting-sexual-abusers Fast on the heels of the news that a Bavarian boys choir directed by Pope Benedict’s brother was a hotbed of physical and sexual abuse for decades, comes the allegation that Cardinal Gerhard Müller covered up the abuse when he… Tue, 02 Feb 2016 11:01:10 EST Patricia Miller 1f97bf5a-21fb-423e-a674-88ded1849bc3 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/12/04/sisterhood-episode-2-crying-and-twerking Episode 2 By The Numbers: Crying Meltdowns: 4 Fights: 1 Bottles of Wine Consumed: 1 Incidents of Twerking: 1 “We’re All Broken,” the title of Episode Two of “The Sisterhood,” reminds me of a poem written by Sister Simone Campbell… Thu, 04 Dec 2014 01:21:41 EST Jo Piazza 5e3e8f24-9a5d-43ab-8574-e1bd2f7e3088 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/11/26/bachelor-jesus-sisterhood-episode-1-recap If there were a Venn diagram showing the intersection of expertise of reality television and Catholic nuns, I would be sitting right in the middle of it. In addition to spending the past three years reporting and writing a book… Wed, 26 Nov 2014 01:54:23 EST Jo Piazza 30e0aaa6-5825-409c-9990-f424ee743e72 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/08/19/controversial-feminist-theologian-speaks-nuns-final-assembly-without-vatican-oversight The Outstanding Leadership Award at the LCWR’s last annual assembly without the direct supervision of Vatican overseer Archbishop J. Peter Sartain was presented to Sister Elizabeth Johnson, the feminist theologian whose writings exploring Christianity caused CDF head Cardinal Gerhard Müller… Tue, 19 Aug 2014 03:54:41 EDT Patricia Miller c53b73e4-c93d-4190-9079-991eafb6516a https://religiondispatches.org/2014/08/18/if-bad-ass-nuns-ruled-world What inspired you to write If Nuns Ruled the World? Around 2009 I started spending a lot of time around nuns. I was finishing a thesis for my masters over at NYU and the topic was how Catholic nuns used… Mon, 18 Aug 2014 02:27:42 EDT Jo Piazza 4af37215-4882-4fc4-8ca5-1684f64c9169 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/08/08/francis-and-nuns-interview-mary-gordon Novelist, essayist and biographer Mary Gordon takes on Pope Francis’ treatment of American nuns, and by extension his and the Catholic Church’s attitudes toward women as a whole, in an essay in the August issue of Harper’s Magazine. Gordon notes… Fri, 08 Aug 2014 05:10:14 EDT Patricia Miller 13beb150-b8ff-4dfe-95b9-6c7694389f23 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/06/25/priests-take-stand-nuns-criticize-cardinal-muller A group of U.S. priests has sent a letter to Pope Francis criticizing Cardinal Gerhard Müller, head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, for his harsh takedown of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. The association… Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:53:56 EDT Patricia Miller e7e5a01b-c469-457c-bbb4-98a6405ada0a https://religiondispatches.org/2014/03/24/can-you-be-liberal-and-catholic And if you are, can you get some media love? Mon, 24 Mar 2014 01:04:20 EDT Patricia Miller 04436038-1473-46ba-ac8f-7dd1b7ffa3e3 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/03/14/catholic-nuns-back-obamacare-contraception-access “It isn’t faith and freedom when reproductive autonomy isn’t extended by the Catholic Church to women.” Fri, 14 Mar 2014 01:12:17 EDT Patricia Miller 09df3816-dc27-43ce-9f47-d74e1da03b91 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/12/12/what-church-needs-more-good-pope As many have noted, Pope Francis’s latest interview offers a refreshing departure from his predecessors despite, among other things, the pope’s dubious perspective on women. But rather than more emphasis on Good Pope Francis, there’s another upside to wish for. Thu, 12 Dec 2013 05:53:14 EST Mary Hunt 47d1f644-bd2b-425e-94c0-722849190b4a https://religiondispatches.org/2013/04/17/pope-francis-and-american-sisters I think it is time for Catholics to grow up and realize that royalty does not become us. The Church is a service organization whose primary stakeholders are people who are poor. Their needs, and not the whims of pampered prelates, are the priority. Nothing less is acceptable. Raise the bar for heaven’s sake. Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:08:42 EDT Mary Hunt e507baa8-7e49-4360-89c7-34ab45902131 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/10/01/does-hormonal-birth-control-turn-chimps-gay This is a confusing video. Mon, 01 Oct 2012 03:27:12 EDT Sarah Morice-Brubaker b1a92b09-6eec-41a4-b40a-4216181a1196 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/06/21/what-should-vatican-say-last-generation-nuns It’s easy to understand the Vatican’s consternation when faced with sisters radical enough to think their own thoughts and write them down. Nuns aren’t trained to be troublemakers. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:20:37 EDT Peter Manseau 228ac2cf-e047-43aa-896e-f305e7c9b2d7 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/06/20/catholic-sex-teaching-no-laughing-matter Bishops are not only concerned with nuns and girl scouts. Wed, 20 Jun 2012 05:20:28 EDT Marian Ronan c60a3ebd-53c7-45af-ba34-54b533d8ed5e https://religiondispatches.org/2012/05/08/only-5-million-real-catholics-us Perhaps the Vatican’s hard-line tactics are an intentional purge. Tue, 08 May 2012 04:01:18 EDT Marian Ronan ecfe159f-e889-476f-973b-8e6384dd46c4 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/05/02/rome-vs-sisters Throughout the history of the Church, bishops and popes have struggled mightily to keep committed celibate Catholic women under control. Already in the early Christian centuries male Church leaders forced virgins to describe themselves as “brides of Christ” rather than use the male martial imagery they had come to use during the Roman persecutions. The early equality between male and female desert monastics was likewise undercut when eighth century bishops began taking control of women’s monasteries and ordained monks to the priesthood for the first time (but not nuns, of course). And as, throughout the following centuries, groups of dedicated Christian women came together—canonesses, Beguines, beatas, recluses—popes, bishops, and male theologians went to great lengths to rein them in. Wed, 02 May 2012 12:35:19 EDT Marian Ronan e73e2965-d9bd-4db2-8c86-051912445fa1 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/05/02/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. Wed, 02 May 2012 12:24:10 EDT Mary Hunt edc52185-9ddb-439b-b603-3ec9e513ab3d https://religiondispatches.org/2011/09/15/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. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:43:30 EDT Susan Henking bce91e9a-4840-44d3-b2a0-f37f7877a4c8 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/12/16/wikileaks-strikes-vatican-camel-pews-and-luke-skywalker-tolerance RD’s religion roundup only had 6 drinks before meeting Billy Graham. Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:03:08 EST Michael J. Altman 45e5fdeb-5250-4a82-881b-a213aa6547fb https://religiondispatches.org/2010/11/02/nuns-pray-rangers-lose So much for the efficacy of remote prayer. Or is there more to think about? Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:41:39 EDT Lisa Webster dfb1bd17-35d7-41c3-a32a-4824e1c24471 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/05/25/will-sisters-save-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. Tue, 25 May 2010 02:10:37 EDT Mary Hunt 4f31d208-6b57-4541-8c2b-b16e4f6a37a2