https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to leadership conference of women religious en https://religiondispatches.org/2017/07/28/update-sam-brownback-religious-freedom-ambassador-his-distinguished-predecessor-hopes [ Editor’s note: a clarification/correction to the author’s reporting of his interview with Rabbi Saperstein was added to this piece on 8/4/17.] Full disclosure: Rabbi David Saperstein is a friend and colleague of many years. I came to know him… Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:10:26 EDT Peter Laarman 03e9ef94-17e9-4891-887f-a629bc9f5da5 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/11/28/catholic-feminist-isnt-oxymoron-and-other-tales-beleaguered-tradition In her latest book, journalist Celia Wexler explores the conflicted feelings many Catholic women have towards their faith and the attempts to make peace with the institutions and traditions that fail them. Mon, 28 Nov 2016 03:34:38 EST Celia Wexler 8a819f4c-ee58-49c8-b2ea-831fca606273 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/2015/04/23/womens-equality-church-no-longer-negotiable It Is not the nuns’ problem, but everyone’s. Thu, 23 Apr 2015 06:17:43 EDT Mary Hunt 37438754-91b8-46da-9cc6-910bd5f014a8 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/04/17/adventists-cancel-holy-sexuality-confab-egyptian-court-oks-deportation-gays-mongolian A Russian nonprofit group, the St. Petersburg-based Coming Out, celebrated April 17 International Day of Silence by releasing a video “Break the silence,” which ends with “silence can break us / but we can break the silence.” A small Day… Fri, 17 Apr 2015 05:53:25 EDT Peter Montgomery ae64dff9-be2b-4c93-a80a-ba2701b2febd https://religiondispatches.org/2014/12/19/winners-and-losers-visitation-american-nuns Pope Francis: Winner When not busy sending dogs to heaven (oops, not really) or brokering the restoration of US-Cuban diplomatic relations, the pope made a key personnel change that resulted in the deft handling of what could have been a… Fri, 19 Dec 2014 04:31:44 EST Patricia Miller ebcd5cc8-ab84-4c9f-8707-f0ec79efd344 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/12/18/american-nuns-and-vatican-more-pain-promise Despite herculean efforts to make nice, the 12-page report and its presentation reinforce the Roman Catholic Church’s patriarchal power paradigm. Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:05:09 EST Mary Hunt afeef6ed-93e1-4ed4-98f5-fd30c9918f00 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/2014/08/04/lifestyles-rich-and-pious American archbishops living large. Mon, 04 Aug 2014 03:43:05 EDT Patricia Miller 6fff0ed3-350d-4819-adb5-30e9e4de9067 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/2014/05/21/why-cant-vatican-hear-women Progressive Catholic orgs petition the Pope to lay off the nuns. Not bloody likely. Wed, 21 May 2014 05:18:07 EDT Patricia Miller 6c759c28-affa-472c-844c-781a1fe2966c https://religiondispatches.org/2014/05/14/debating-death-it-really-end Death is not final. Last week, four scientific big thinkers settled into their seats on stage at NYC’s Kaufmann Center to debate this provocative proposition for NPR’s Intelligence Squared. They would be discussing this proposition from a purely scientific, not… Wed, 14 May 2014 03:12:16 EDT Angela Bonavoglia 6112face-3578-4588-b235-9a0bb9a7038e https://religiondispatches.org/2014/05/12/honey-i-shrunk-church-vatican-manages-sexual-abuse-canonization-and-nuns Whatever happened to that great big Roman Catholic Church? It seems to be shrinking before our eyes despite unprecedented media attention. No amount of hype can disguise the Vatican’s disappearing act at the United Nations on sexual abuse, the sleight… Mon, 12 May 2014 03:27:31 EDT Mary Hunt 44e2098a-1896-4fcb-99be-21f59aa54c31 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/05/09/lcwr-nuns-respond-acknowledge-severity-vatican-mistrust PR battle with Vatican heats up. Fri, 09 May 2014 05:25:33 EDT Patricia Miller bc12ab96-8604-4248-b2d3-306e2dabcd2e https://religiondispatches.org/2014/05/07/vatican-takedown-nuns-no-laughing-matter The “pope’s theologian” laughs off rebuke of LCWR, suggests “dialogue.” Wed, 07 May 2014 05:27:58 EDT Patricia Miller aacd67a0-d616-4e56-aae0-2a79426f3851 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/05/05/vatican-accuses-nuns-open-provocation Tightens grip on the LCWR. Mon, 05 May 2014 05:31:41 EDT Patricia Miller c4ffa309-824a-4634-9085-23e361280286 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/2013/12/12/us-archbishop-and-vatican-appointed-overseer-attends-annual-meeting-women-religious This year’s meeting, held in Orlando, Florida, was made up of 825 nuns and only three priests, one of whom was Seattle’s Archbishop J. Peter Sartain—the official charged by the Vatican with overseeing the LCWR following last year’s harsh assessment of American nuns. Thu, 12 Dec 2013 06:10:07 EST Emily Baxter ce2d00fc-4162-4e5a-9758-db9762ec4abb https://religiondispatches.org/2013/04/18/francis-jesuit-philosopher-pope Amid the clamor to figure out who Pope Francis might be, observers never failed to mention that he is the first Jesuit pope. But what does that really tell us and, more importantly, as his decisions begin to come down the pipeline, what is most important to know about his Jesuit worldview? Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:10:21 EDT J. Michelle Molina 30a3bb25-dd15-44ac-9498-6405f345e763 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/2012/08/11/leadership-conference-women-religious-no-retreat-no-surrender Nuns say: “They can crush a few flowers, but they cannot hold back the springtime.” Sat, 11 Aug 2012 11:33:31 EDT Anthea Butler dd964acc-6661-469d-a860-6c3bd77e9c39 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/07/09/nuns-bus-2700-miles-nine-states-and-rock-star-dc-welcome Tourist buses are fixtures on Capitol Hill, but the arrival at the Methodist Building of “Nuns on the Bus: Nuns Drive for Faith, Family and Fairness” in noonday heat to the cheers of their colleagues had to be a first. Mon, 09 Jul 2012 07:51:03 EDT Mary Hunt 64eec8ff-dc6e-495c-82fb-14482f46555b 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/2012/06/11/catholic-church-lucky-its-just-same-sex-marriage When the Church claims that marriage exists between “one man” and “one woman,” which kind of man or woman do they mean? Mon, 11 Jun 2012 05:07:02 EDT Marian Ronan 61a4d034-ebc6-461d-add9-d372592cbf1d