Women Challenges and Leadership Interviews
Women Challenges and Leadership New and Noteworthy
First formation center for women religious in Namibia by Ngala Killian Chimtom Crux
First U.S. woman to be included in memorial for modern martyrs by Kielce Gussie The Catholic World Report
Pope appoints Sr. Simona Brambilla as Vatican's first female prefect by Vatican News
Sisters Hospitallers: Learning humanity from the mentally ill by Patricia Ynestroza Vatican News
From Management to Ministry? The feeling at the Synod is that something will have to be done about the role of women by Massimo Faggioli Commonweal
Vatican’s top-ranking woman: ‘This job makes me pray more’ by Pablo Kay Angelus News
Longtime attorney, marcher, elected to lead the March for Life by John Lavenburg Crux Link to Other ProLife Challenges
Hildegard of Bingen by Dr. John Alonzo Dick Another Voice Link to Saints
M.L.B.’S First Woman Coach A ‘Go-Getter’ In Grad School At Jesuit College by Mark Pattison Catholic News Service/America Link to Sports
Vatican’s top-ranking woman: ‘This job makes me pray more’ by Pablo Kay Angelus News
Why Women’s Ordination Doesn’t Get Traction
by Charlotte Allen Commonweal
Missionaries Teach Women in Developing Lands Work Skills to Better Their Lives by Carol Zimmermann The Tablet
‘There is a bullet in my brain’: the searing art of Hollywood nun Sister Mary Corita
by Katy Hessel The Guardian
Marjorie Taylor Greene & Lauren Boebert allegedly got into screaming match in women's restroom by LGBTQNation Link to Donald Trump’s Cultish Cronies and to United States Politics- Part Two
'National embarrassment': GOP lawmaker faces furious backlash after comparing women's reproductive systems to cattle by Sky Palma Raw Story
Three Women File Lawsuit Claiming the SBC and a Houston Megachurch ‘Enabled A Predator’ by Liz Lykins The Roys Report Link to Sexual Relations with and Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls
What the modern woman needs to know about wealth & poverty by Allison Barrick Radiant Magazine Link to Poverty
Meet Julia Oseka: The 22-year-old U.S. voting delegate at the Synod on Synodality by Francesca Pollio Fenton Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report
North Carolina megachurch exits Southern Baptist Convention after expulsions over women pastors by Peter Smith The Associated Press
Geena Davis Details Bill Murray’s Alleged Set Abuse, Says He Screamed at Her in Clown Costume: ‘What the F— Are You Doing? Move!’ by Zack Sharf Variety Link to Movie Stars
The Divine Feminine. Hindu Americans honor the power of women as the fall Navaratri festival gets underway, with implications for religion, culture, and politics by Maggies Phillips Tablet
Women are advancing in the workplace, but women of color still lag behind by Adia Harvey Wingfield Brookings Link to Racial Challenges and Leadership
Claim of unwanted hysterectomies at ICE detention center by Father Pahlo Migone Patheos Link to Migrants, Refugees, and Immigrants Challenges
'We women are pushed out of work because of childcare. It's hurtful' by BBC
M.L.B.’S First Woman Coach A ‘Go-Getter’ In Grad School At Jesuit College by Mark Pattison Catholic News Service/America
A systematic review of post-release programs for women exiting prison with substance-use disorders: assessing current programs and weighing the evidence by Layla Edwards, Sacha Kendall Jamieson, Julia Bowman, et al Health & Justice volume 10, Article number: 1 (2022) Link to Addiction and to Prison Challenges
Panel: Black women bear the brunt of mass incarceration by Madeleine Davison National Catholic Reporter Link to Racial Challenges and Leadership
Celebrating the Rightful Power and Dignity of Women by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism
Argentine nuns accuse archbishop, others of gender violence by Almudena Calatrava The Associated Press
Three Claretian Sisters on a mission: Stories from Bolivia’s Amazon by Sr. Lucia Galiccio Vatican News
Mexican Church leaders blame State for violence against women by Inés San Martin Crux
Forcibly sterilized during Fujimori dictatorship, thousands of Peruvian women demand justice by Ñusta Carranza Ko The Conversation
Gisèle Pélicot tells mass rape trial that she ‘never gave consent’ by Angelique Chrisafis The Guardian Link to Sexual Relations with and Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls
Germany’s Synodal Way leader says exclusion of women from ordination drives women from Church by Courtney Mares Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report
German Catholics asks for women deacons, chosen bishops. The third Synodal Assembly to bring about reforms to the Catholic Church ended by Catholic News Service/UCA News
Women of Honour report: ‘Discernible pattern of rape, sexual assault’ among ‘criminal behaviours’ in Defence Forces by Conor Lally The Irish Times Link to Sexual Relations with and Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls
Women must be included in formation of priests, says Father Zollner by Sarah MacDonald Catholic News Service
It enslaves women! Spain’s PM vows to outlaw prostitution It enslaves women by CathNews New Zealand Link to Prostitution
St. Teresa of Avila’s body exhumed for first time since 1914, found to be still incorrupt by Catholic Vote
‘One-third of women live in fear of violence’. Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a Catholic organization in Spain laments the fact that 30 percent of women across the globe live in fear of violence. by Devin Watkins Vatican News
Assessing incarcerated women’s physical and mental health status and needs in a Swiss prison: a cross-sectional study by Aurélie Augsburger, Céline Neri, Patrick Bodenmann, et al Health & Justice volume 10, Article number: 8 (2022)
Vatican draws line on women’s ordination and homosexuality in new letter to German bishops by AC Wimmer Catholic News Agency Link to LGBTQ Challenges and Leadership
First woman appointed Secretary of Vatican Biblical Commission by Debora Donnini Vatican News
Pope's reasoning on women's ordination "has its value... and its limits", says theologian by Jean-François Chiron La Croix International
Pope supports global target to eradicate female genital mutilation by CathNews New Zealand Link to Genital Mutilation
Pope: St Teresa of Ávila shows importance of women in Church and society by Vatican News
Nun who advises the Pope says he wants female deacons by Elise Ann Allen Crux
They called for female leadership at the Vatican. They were arrested by Claire Giangravé Religion News Service
Pope names three women to Dicastery for Bishops by CathNews
Vatican cardinal: Subordination of women to men is ‘fruit of sin’ by Inés San Martín Crux
UK’s first female pulpit rabbi confident of change in Orthodox world by Jenni Frazer Jewish News Link to Jewish Leadership and Challenges
Female military staff denied justice by inadequate system - MPs by Jonathan Beale BBC
Myanmar nun among BBC's 100 Women of 2021 by Independent Catholic News
Rapes drive Christian women from African Republic to Cameroon by Ngala Killian Chimtom Crux Link to Sexual Relations with and Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls
Enslaved as a young girl, this saint is an outstanding model of hope by Maryella Hierholzer Our Sunday Visitor
‘Mama Hekima’ project empowering women in DR Congo by Charles de Pechpeyrou Vatican News
Malaysia freezes accounts of Islamic group in child abuse probe by Kuala Lumpur UCA News
Indonesian nun lightens load on poor single mothers .Franciscan Sister Maria Katharina teaches women the skills to support themselves and their children by Konradus Epa UCA News Link to The Franciscans
‘Women are in charge. They are leading’: Iran protests continue despite crackdowns by Emma Graham-Harrison and Akhtar Mohammad Makoii The Guardian
End plight of women migrant workers in Hong Kong by UCA News Link to Hong Kong Issues and Challenges
Appealing to Orthodox Jews, Israeli media remove women from view by Michele Chabin Religion News Service
Comboni Sister wins 2021 International Women of Courage Award by Independent Catholic News
With Iraqi Christians, Pope extols women brutalized by ISIS by Inés San Martín Crux
Oblates of Mary Immaculate celebrate 40 years of missionary presence in Zambia
by George Malumo Vatican News
Medical Journal Articles
Personal and Planetary Health—The Connection With Dietary Choices by Urvi A. Shah, MD and Gia Merlo, MD, MBA, MEd JAMA May 18, 2023
Britain names MI5 deputy as first female cyber spy boss by Muvija M Reuters
US Maternal Mortality Continues to Worsen by Emily Harris JAMA March 29.2024
Book Reviews, Commentaries, and Excerpts
Women of the Church: What Every Catholic Should Know by Bronwen McShea
Wake Up With Purpose! What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years by Sister Jean Dolores with with Seth Davis Reviewed by Kirkus Reviews
The Philosophers Daughters by Petra Vardy and Thora Vardy Commentary by Independent Catholic News
Music Commentaries and Reviews
Seattle Opera puts story of Afghan women center stage Commentary by Mariam Fam The Associated Press
Videos
Addressing the impact of COVID-19 on women and girls in all their diversity
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