I agree with Soline and in reply to her question it is clear that women in the church still suffer from ‘a distorted, abusive patriarchal mindset’.
I suggest ACP take down this offensive post.
Three comments: (1) In the 1980s I was teaching theology at a Catholic university. On a Monday morning, one of my students, age 18, breathlessly told me that he had attended a Latin Mass the previous
I fully agree with Joe O'Leary's comments on the style of MH, especially its length, its overkill of papal citations, its Westerncentric approach, and its potential lack of impact because very few peo
Would they ignore the sense of injustice and exclusion experienced by so many women, who feel that the Church denies them the full exercise of their ministerial gifts?)
Women should be playing a huge
Peter, do you not think that the format of the encyclical -- the 90 paragraphs giving a potted history of social justice encyclicals since 1891, the more than 200 quotes of papal and conciliar documen
Dermot predicted this would happen, while I imagined the tolerant vagueness of Benedict XVI would continue. Having a canon lawyer in charge makes a difference. As a son of St Augustine he comes armed
This conventicle of frivolous prancers strikes a pose of moral and theological superiority to the Catholic Church. Already their excited little sect is plagued by all the problems they denounce in the
Jesus nails the mistake of seeing the value of one's life - one's 'dignity' - as socially determined - aka 'worldliness', aka 'status anxiety', aka 'fear of shame':
"How can you believe, since you
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