Guest Voices: nuns


Posted at 06:11 PM ET, 11/27/2012

Seminary president: Faith leaders, it’s time to overturn Citizens United
By Katharine Rhodes Henderson
Faith leaders across the country are advocating for reform, calling out unchecked money in elections.

By Katharine Rhodes Henderson  |  06:11 PM ET, 11/27/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Faith leaders; communities of faith; Citizens United; Election 2012; campaign 2012; politics; religion; faith and politics; Tracy Abruzzo; Frankenstorm; Hurricane Sandy; Superstorm Sandy; superstorm Sandy; Sandy; hurricane victims; campaign financing; donations; corporations; Super PACs; Capitol Hill; Citizens United court decision; Supreme Court; high court; election cycle; woman of faith; campaign finance; corporate personhood; prophets; profits; campaign finance overhaul; ministers; rabbis; nuns; priests; imams; theologians; faith leaders; ballots; campaign finance reform; constitutional amendment; groundswell; the Rev. Dr. Katharine Rhodes Henderson; Katharine Rhodes Henderson; Auburn Theological Seminary; God’s Troublemakers: How Women of Faith are Changing the World

Posted at 05:05 PM ET, 11/04/2012

‘Nuns on the bus’ leader: Power to the people - below the poverty line
By Simone Campbell
Want to win this election? Recruit the vote of 46 million Americans, says Sister Simone Campbell.

By Simone Campbell  |  05:05 PM ET, 11/04/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Sister Simone Campbell; Nuns on the Bus, Ryan budget; poverty; poverty line; NETWORK; faith and politics; campaign 2012; election 2012

Posted at 07:01 PM ET, 10/12/2012

Roman Catholic women priests?
By Phyllis Zagano
Author/researcher looks at the ministry of women in the church.

By Phyllis Zagano  |  07:01 PM ET, 10/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  nuns; women priests; Roman Catholic Church; Phyllis Zagano

Posted at 02:00 PM ET, 06/06/2012

Is this what a Catholic feminist looks like?
By Mathew N. Schmalz
American Catholicism’s gender wars would sound foreign to Catholic women on the other side of the world.

By Mathew N. Schmalz  |  02:00 PM ET, 06/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  catholic church, feminism, nuns, gender

Posted at 04:27 PM ET, 06/05/2012

Why the Catholic Church needs Margaret Farley
By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
If ever there were a method of moral reasoning on sexual ethics that is desperately needed in the Catholic Church today, it is the one proposed by Margaret Farley.

By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite  |  04:27 PM ET, 06/05/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  catholic church, sexuality, nuns, vatican

Posted at 12:26 PM ET, 05/04/2012

With allegations of a ‘nun crackdown,’ the Vatican goes spring cleaning
By Ashley McGuire
The nuns at LCWR are simply the latest Catholic institution to be checked for orthodoxy. Big whoop.

By Ashley McGuire  |  12:26 PM ET, 05/04/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  catholic church, catholic nuns

Posted at 08:54 AM ET, 04/26/2012

What sisters mean to me
By James Martin
A Twitter initiative to thank Catholic nuns for their service to the church turns ugly, but one priest has a message for the women who inspire him: #Thankyou.

By James Martin  |  08:54 AM ET, 04/26/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  catholicism, nuns