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The Catholic Church and Women: Some Historical Perspectives

  • When the Dogma Lives Loudly

    When Sen. Dianne Feinstein grilled federal circuit court nominee—and now Supreme Court nominee—Amy Coney Barrett three years ago, she fretted that “the dogma lives loudly within you. And that’s of concern.” Given the senator’s obvious prejudices, she should indeed be... Read more
    Written by Fr. Charles J. Chaput  |  
    Posted by Yaro on September 28th, 2020

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  • Is this what Saint Rose of Lima looked like?

    St. Rose of Lima. Credit: Divulgaç o Ebrafol, Brazilian Team of Forensic Anthropology and Odontology. Lima, Peru, Aug 28, 2015 / 04:02 am MT ().- The face of the first saint of the New World may be better known than ever, thanks to a team of scientists that has analyzed the skull of Saint... Read more
    Written by Catholic News Agency  |  
    Posted by Yaro on August 24th, 2020

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  • Former Cosmo writer: “I wrote this book as an act of atonement.”

    Definition of word feminism in dictionary Over the last 60 years or so, the “sexual revolution” has transformed nearly every aspect of American society. Propaganda for the sexual revolution flowed from the pages of such publications as Cosmopolitan, where a young journalist named Sue... Read more
    Written by Sue Ellen Browder   |  
    Posted by Yaro on August 3rd, 2020

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  • St. John Paul II’s ‘Letter to Women’ at 25: ‘Feminine Genius’ Affirmed

    “What does it mean to be a woman?” It was 1995. I was a college sophomore, walking across a tree-lined campus, flanked by red-bricked Georgian buildings. And all around me, young people were racing to and from class, laughing, shouting out greetings, and talking about the things college... Read more
    Written by Emily Stimpson Chapman  |  
    Posted by Yaro on June 29th, 2020

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  • The Christian sense and sensibility of Jane Austen

    This year marks the bicentenary of Jane Austen’s death, at the age of 41. What sort of Christian was this imaginative and highly intelligent woman? Jane was both the daughter and sister of clergymen. Her father, George Austen – “the handsome Proctor” – was vicar of the 12th-century... Read more
    Written by Peter Mullen   |  
    Posted by Yaro on December 17th, 2019

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  • Six lessons from the life and work of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

    By a happy coincidence, as we meet for this staff development initiative, this is also the day on which the Church in the United States honors the memory of the indomitable St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. Of course, I am then reminded one of the many insightful, wise sayings of Pope John Paul II:... Read more
    Written by Peter M.J. Stravinskas  |  
    Posted by Yaro on November 13th, 2019

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  • Women in the Medieval Church: The Christian History Timeline

    Women in the Medieval Church 450–523: Brigid of Ireland founds Ireland’s first nunnery and spreads Christianity there. 475-545: Clotilde, Queen of the Franks, converts her husband, King Clovis, who lays the foundation of the French nation 500–547: Theodora I, co-empress of Byzantine... Read more
    Written by Dr. Thomas O. Kay  |  
    Posted by Yaro on October 22nd, 2017

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  • Some thoughts on women and Catholic history

    One of the best-kept secrets in modern culture is the enormous role that women played in the formation and development of Christianity. Since Eve was the mother of all living and Mary was the mother of the Living One, woman are indispensable to the Catholic faith. It’s simple:No woman,no... Read more
    Written by Al Kresta   |  
    Posted by Yaro on October 22nd, 2017

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  • Christian Women Writers of the Medieval World

    Christianity’s first known playwright Hrotsvit lived in the tenth century (932–1002) as a canoness of the Imperial Saxon Abbey of Gandersheim (Germany). She can best be described by a catalogue of pioneering achievements: she is the first known dramatist of Christianity; the first Saxon poet;... Read more
    Written by Katharina Wilson  |  
    Posted by Yaro on October 21st, 2017

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  • Women in the Medieval Church: Did You Know?

    The first autobiography in the English language was written by a Christian woman, Margery Kempe, who lived in the early 1400s. In the early Middle Ages, it was not uncommon for an abbess (the female head of a religious community) to rule “double” communities of both men and women. One who... Read more
    Written by Jeannette Angell  |  
    Posted by Yaro on October 21st, 2017

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