Pope Francis
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An Earth Day Post: Reading Laudato Si’ and Laudato Deum Theologically
What can you do? What little daily actions can you take in your life to contribute to the overall care for the environment? In Laudato Deum, Pope Francis explains that “what is being asked of us is nothing other than… Continue reading
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Pope Francis and Mother Angélique: A Feminist Historical Theology Issue
This is an example of the type of hole that feminist historical theology needs to fill. We need scholars who are attentive to the writings of women throughout the history of Christianity, so that women can be fully thought of… Continue reading
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I Didn’t Have High Hopes
I wasn’t imagining that an apostolic exhortation would instantly permit women to be ordained deacons in the Roman Catholic Church. I trust the diaconate for women will unfold in millimeters, but the remote possibility of it in fact happening in my… Continue reading
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Restoration: Women, the Diaconate and My 3-year Prayer
For three years I’ve been sowing prayers. Spreading the desire of my heart, grafting a hope for the church into other people’s prayer lives. It’s a prayer for women to be seen on altars throughout the world – sharing of… Continue reading
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A Trophy or a Drug? Sex and the Eucharist in Pope Francis’s Pastoral Letter on the Family
In the contemporary Catholic church, debates about sexual ethics often underlie debates about the Eucharist and vice versa. No wonder then that the pope’s recent pastoral letter, Amoris Laetitia–a document that focuses explicitly on whether certain sexual sinners should be allowed… Continue reading
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A Catholic Grandmother Reflects on Pope Francis, Kim Davis, and the Power of Encounter
WIT is delighted to bring you the following guest post from Rosa Manriquez, IHM. We are particularly grateful for her unique perspective and powerful witness. Rosa is a mother and grandmother, a member of the Immaculate Heart Community, a Roman Catholic… Continue reading
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Bombs and the Body of Christ: (When) Can Good Catholics Be Loyal Soldiers?
The United States stands ready to engage in yet another military action that the U.S. bishops and pope have condemned as unjust. Despite the bishops’ rather vocal condemnation of what the United States military is about to do in the… Continue reading
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Men Pray the Rosary Too: Against a “Theology of Women”
Last month, on the way back from his spectacularly successful trip to Brazil, Pope Francis offered some off the cuff comments that sent the Catholic blogosphere buzzing. While re-affirming the church’s longstanding prohibition on the ordination of women, Pope Francis… Continue reading
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Hope in the Storm-Tossed Church
This is a long post—about twice the length of the papers my students recently wrote, in fact. But it’s about what sustains me through the difficulties of being a critical Catholic woman, and I hope it’s helpful to some of… Continue reading