Tag: Women
Media assess Plenary progress
The Plenary Council could be seen as a qualified “win” for conservatives and Church unity, the world’s most popular Catholic website has said, with...
Like a woman without her child
In Chinese, the word “good” (hǎo) tells us about our human values. Many know the word “hǎo” from the Chinese greeting “nǐ hǎo,” which...
Members happy with revised women’s motions on Plenary’s final day
The Plenary Council prepared to draw to a close on 8 July after two days of catch-up in an altered voting format, passing almost...
Plenary motions too constrained by equality-as-power paradigm, say women
Women reported that a distressing day which disrupted and altered the Plenary Council process left them ultimately with a sense of hope that unity...
Two classes: professional Catholic activists and ordinary Catholic women
It looks like the Plenary Council motions on women in the Church all failed to make the required two-thirds majority to pass on Tuesday...
The tale of two Councils
The opening days of the fifth Plenary Council have surfaced the complex realities and fissures that underlie the Church in Australia. They have given...
Vote on women throws Plenary into crisis
The agenda for the Plenary Council was thrown into crisis and disrupted on Wednesday morning after more than 60 of the 277 members formed...
Women in the Pentecost Gospel
Pentecost marks the birth of the Church and throughout the season we hear Gospels and Epistles with messages to the Church.
Later in the Maronite...
Introducing Mathilde: Reclaiming a lost ethic of femininity
How a group of friends are reclaiming a lost ethic of femininity, challenging assumptions, and analysing the effects of social trends on women and families
US Supreme Court Roe v. Wade abortion report shocks the world
The Supreme Court of the United States of America has voted to strike down the landmark abortion 1973 case Roe v. Wade, according to...
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