Irish vote does not celebrate abortion; it recognizes women’s moral agency

Posted on May 28, 2018 by cwexler

When I was pregnant with my daughter 30 years ago, I declined amniocentesis, which could have predicted developmental disabilities or… Read more Irish vote does not celebrate abortion; it recognizes women’s moral agency

Someday Women Priests May Merit a Vatican Stamp: It Happened to Luther

November 1 was All Saints Day, a day on the church calendar when we pay homage to exceptional followers of… Read more Someday Women Priests May Merit a Vatican Stamp: It Happened to Luther

I am not one to go all sentimental on Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day always was the day my own mother… Read more Mother’s Day: Italian Style

Today marks the fourth anniversary of Pope Francis’s election as pope. It is clear that the Pope has changed the… Read more After Four Years, Pope Francis Has Failed to Address Sexual Abuse in the Church

It may come as a surprise to some that the Vatican now is undertaking sex education. And it turns out… Read more Vatican’s new sex education guidelines sell women short

I suppose I should be all excited that the Pope has replaced his clerical spokesman, now retiring, with two laypeople.… Read more The Pope (Yawn) Names a Woman to Vatican PR Job

Just because we are mothers doesn’t mean we’ve left our brains, or our feminism, at the delivery room door. This… Read more 5 Mother’s Day Books for Feminist Moms Who Also Are Women of Faith

The Washington Post ran an op-ed on April 13 on Pope Francis’s so-called “feminism.” Interestingly, the blog was written by… Read more Pope Francis a Feminist? Not so much

The two institutions that have most shaped my life – journalism and the Catholic Church – collide in the stunning… Read more Spotlight’s forgotten reporter