Tag: Women
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...
Canceling women (or when men make better women than women)
Recently, USA Today named US Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, a biological man, “Woman of the Year.”
For years, governments and NGOs in the...
The lies they tell our girls
We hear a lot about gender bias these days. But the ultimate bias is the message that women can't be women, writes Monica Doumit
Has the Church really ‘abandoned’ its women?
The Church is always waiting to welcome home any person whose life has taken them in directions contrary to its teachings
On feast of Mary, Francis urges end to violence against women
As Catholics begin a new year contemplating the motherhood of Mary, they should be inspired not to let problems weaken their faith or prevent...
Plenary voices: Renee Kohler-Ryan
It is the morning of Day Four of the fifth plenary Council of Australia. Conscious that this is a deeply significant moment in the...
Getting the price for women and girls right: Victoria’s prostitution law
“How could anyone think this is protecting human rights?” These are the words of ‘Nina’, a Victorian woman who was prostituted and trafficked in...
Philippa Martyr: Be clear on what the Pope said about women...
Let's be clear on the Pope's letter about women at Mass
I wasn’t planning to weigh in on Pope Francis’ recent Motu proprio recognising that...
Fr Flader: Women acolytes and lectors
“Dear Father, I understand the Pope has recently allowed women to be acolytes and lectors in church. I have seen women carrying out these...
Philippa Martyr: Our giant credibility problem
The recently-released Australian Catholic Mass Attendance Report 2016 provides us with some raw material for a good discussion about why Mass attendance rates might...
Saint Judy Review: From prosecution to persecution
One wouldn’t consider a teacher leading her class to school to be offensive, but for a young woman in Afghanstan it would be grounds...
Philippa Martyr: The Church is a ‘She’ – not an ‘it’
I had a lovely email recently from a reader who told me something of his sufferings in the Church. So I’ll say here more...
