Book Reviews and Commentaries
Womanpriest: Tradition and Transgression in the Contemporary Roman Catholic Church by Jill Peterfeson Reviewed by Kate McElwee National Catholic Register
What They Don't Tell you in Catholic College: Women in the Priesthood and the Mind of Christ by John Wijngaards Reviewed by Hille Haker National Catholic Reporter
Article/Commentaries
Women left behind: Gender gap emerges in Africa's vaccines by The Associated Press
Future womanpriest 'Father Anne' blames God for leading her towards ordination by Jeannine M. Pitas National Catholic Reporter
‘Cardinal’s dame’ reportedly involved in release of kidnapped nun by Elise Ann Allen Crux
Fr. Lombardi: More space to women in combating abuse by Olivier Bonnel & Linda Bordoni Vatican News
It's high time Indian religious sisters broke their silence. Will Catholic women lag behind their Dalit, Muslim and Adivasi sisters in challenging patriarchal traditions? by Myron J. Pereira UCA News
Survivors of acid attacks in Mexico unite to push for change by Maria Verza and Ginnette Riquelm The Associated Press
Female military staff denied justice by inadequate system - MPs by Jonathan Beale BBC
The year of the ‘orange handkerchief’ for State-Church separation in Argentina by Romina Navarro/Translated by Ina Melgaard Global Voices
Pakistan: ACN helps women stand up to prejudice and discrimination by John Newton and Maria Lozano Independent Catholic News
Female genital mutilation (FGM): 'I had it, but my daughters won't' by Saroj Pathirana BBC World Service
'We women are pushed out of work because of childcare. It's hurtful' by BBC News
Study: Half of US cosmetics contain toxic chemicals by Matthew Daly The Associated Press
Cardinal Pell: ‘Clear Headed’ Women Will Help ‘Sentimental Males’ Clean Up Vatican Finances by Hannah Brockhaus Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register
Sr. Sandra Schneiders: Women's religious life is undergoing a transformation that will help it survive by Sandra M. Schneiders Global Sisters Report
We must restore the powerful witness of women leaders to the Catholic lectionary by Christine Schenk National Catholic Reporter
Pope: St Teresa of Ávila shows importance of women in Church and society by Vatican News
Women at risk of violence face ‘double whammy’ by CathNews
Equality and Justice for Women by Father Shay CullenProfiles in Catholicism
First woman appointed Secretary of Vatican Biblical Commission by Debora Donnini Vatican News
Equality and Justice for Women by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism
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
Celebrating the Rightful Power and Dignity of Women by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism
Servite High School's Mrs. Laura DiCrisi Named a Top 25 Teacher of Orange County by Parenting OC by Isabel Wiemken Servite High School
Forcibly sterilized during Fujimori dictatorship, thousands of Peruvian women demand justice by Ñusta Carranza Ko The Conversation
Australian Catholic students urge bishops to 'reject unambiguously' women's ordination by Catholic News Agency
Holy See advocates for empowerment of women by Fr. Benedict Mayaki, SJ Vatican News
Biden's executive orders on immigration are just a start by NCR Editorial Staff National Catholic Reporter
Nun named to voting position at Vatican praises ‘brave’ pope by Nicole Winfield Religion News Service
For the First Time, a Woman Will Vote at the Meeting of the Synod of Bishops by Currents News/NetTV
Panel: Black women bear the brunt of mass incarceration by Madeleine Davison National Catholic Reporter
German bishops’ summit considers women and lay roles as answer to abuse crisis by Claire Congrove Religion News Service
As Ireland examines mistreatment of unwed mothers, Catholic bishops apologize for ‘abject failure’ by CNA/The Catholic World Report
Francis changes Catholic Church law: women explicitly allowed as lectors, altar servers by Joshua J. McElwee National Catholic Reporter
Canceled’ radical feminists and the Catholic Church: These unlikely allies believe women are female by Mary Farow Catholic News Agency
On transgenderism: Common ground, and real differences, between Catholics and radical feminists by Mary Farow Catholic News Agency
Top German Catholic bishop urges shift on women’s ordination, homosexuality by Jack Jenkins Religion News Service
Saudi women’s rights activist sentenced to nearly 6 years by Aya Batramy Associated Press
Water Women in Bolivia Build Community While Providing Clean Water by Water with Blessings
Malaysian Bishops call for end to violence against women and children by Vatican News staff writer Vatican News
Disinformation Targeting Women in Politics. Worldwide, women in politics are frequent targets of abuse and threats online, but social media companies and governments are not doing nearly enough to combat it. by Lucina Di Meco and Saskia Grechenmacher Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
A Feminist Foreign Policy to Deal with Iran? Assessing the EU’s Options by Cornelius Adebahr and Barbara Mittlehammert Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
‘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
Tackling ‘Period Poverty,’ Scotland Is 1st Nation to Make Sanitary Products Free, The Scottish Parliament voted unanimously to pass a measure that makes free period products available to anyone who needs them, the first country to do so. by Megan Specia The New York Times
How One Brooklyn Woman’s Breast Cancer Diagnosis Brought Her Closer to God by Currenys News Staff NetTV
The Women’s March of Belarus by Sławomir Sierakowski The New York Review of Books
Women are advancing in the workplace, but women of color still lag behind by Adia Harvey Wingfield Brookinga
Pope: Women are bearers of peace and renewal by Vatican News Staff reporter Vatican 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
Italian government taps Vatican official to head commission on elderly care by Elise Ann Allen Crux
‘Compass women’ seek to make world a better place by Inés San Martín Crux
'Fratelli tutti' does not include women, and neither does 'fraternity' by Phyllis Zagano National Catholic Reporter
"A Silent Pandemic": Nurse at Ice Facility Blows the Whistle on Coronavirus Gangers. Irwin Detention Center, run by LaSalle Corrections, has refused to test detainees and underreported Covid-19 cases, the nurse says. by José Olivares, and John Washington The Intercept
Claim of unwanted hysterectomies at ICE detention center by Father Pahlo Migone Patheos
Zionist Women. How the art of Ephraim Moses Lilien helped redefine the figure of a newly independent, fin de siècle Jewish female by Lynne M. Swarts Tablet
German Catholic Bishop Criticizes ‘Synodal Way’ Draft Text on Role of Women by Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register
‘Women are future of the Catholic church’: Anne Soupa leads renewed fight for equality by Harriet Sherwood The Guardian
Latin American churches lead efforts to stop rising violence against women by Independent Catholic News
South Africa Catholics stage Day of Prayer over women’s plight in COVID era by Crux Staff Crux
‘Mrs. America’ exposes the limits of feminism and conservatism by Christina O’Brien America
After the Catholic Church's sexual abuse crisis, female theologians are calling for changes to leadership by Siobhan Hegarty ABC
Women priests are possible, says new Vatican finance council member by Katholische Nachrichten-Agenty National Catholic Reporter
Abuse in women’s congregations exposed by CathNews
Seven women seek leadership roles French Catholic Church hierarchy by CathNews
M.L.B.’S First Woman Coach A ‘Go-Getter’ In Grad School At Jesuit College by Mark Pattison Catholic News Service/America
It's time to end male supremacy in the Catholic Church by Roy Bourgeoi National Catholic Reporter
Coming out of Covid lockdown, South African women face another deadly problem: femicide by Patrick EgwuAmerica
'Dar a luz': childbirth during the pandemic by Mary Kathryn KramerGlobal Sisters Report
Three women who accuse David Haas of sexual misconduct speak with NCR by Soli Salgado National Catholic Reporter
Save the Children: spike in violence against women and children in Venezuela lockdown by VaticanNews
Eyebrows raised as Swiss bishop taps woman for senior job by Nadine Achoui-Lesage and Jamey KeatenAssociated Press/Crux
Pope Francis commends women caring for others under coronavirus lockdown by Catholic News Agency/Angelus
Pope Francis has set up a new commission to study women deacons by Gerard O’Connell and Colleen Dulle America
Cardinal Gracias: Church must 'shed prejudice' against women's leadership by Joshua J. McElwee National Catholic Reporter
Francis appoints first woman to managerial role at Vatican's Secretariat of State by Joshua J. McElwee National Catholic Reporter
Evolving door: New Year may bring new opportunities for women at Vatican by Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service/Crux
The church needs to listen to Catholic feminists by Douglas J. Cremer America
Me Too Movement for Church. Asymmetrical relationship between priests and nuns put the latter at the receiving end of abuse, says Togolese nun by Nicolas Senèze La Croix International’
Possibility Of Female Deacons Gives Some Catholics Hope by Shahla Farzan NPR
Women in church leadership: 40 years after Sr. Theresa Kane's request to pope by Elizabeth Eisenstadt Evans Global Sisters Report
The Vatican's next Synod of Bishops should focus on women by Don Clemmer The National Reporter
Saints help author and mother drop a toxic perfectionism by Christopher White Crux
Catholic women divided over pope’s remarks on female deacons by Claire Giangravè Crux
Patrons for the #metoo movement? by Tina Mayeux Patheos
In a First, Pope Francis To Name Lay Woman to Head Vatican Dicastery, Replacing Cardinal Pell by Deacon Greg Kendra Patheos
International Union of Superiors General advocates for women, sees influence grow by Joshua J McElwee and Chris Herlinger Global Sisters Report
Archbishop Auza Urges Concern for Women. Women, Peace, and Security: Sexual Violence In Conflict by Zenit Staff
With a church in crisis, why do Catholic women stay? by Cecilia González-Andrieu America
Pope: Church Should Admit History of Abuse of Women, Male Domination by Reuters/New York Times
Women are fully human agents of social, political change by Mary E.Hunt National Catholic Reporter
Q & A with Sr. Véronique Margron, leader of religious addressing abuse in church by Elisabeth Auvillain Global Sisters Report
Are women’s voices being silenced at the Vatican? by Colleen Dulle America’
Director of L’Osservatore Romano’s Response to Resignation of Women’s Magazine’s Director and Board Prof. Andrea Monda Thanks Lucetta Scaraffia for ‘Valuable Work’ by Zenit Staff Zenit
Are women’s voices being silenced at the Vatican? by Colleen Dulle America
Members of papal commission on women's diaconate make first public comments by Peter Feuerherd National Catholic Reporter
Serving fragile women in El Salvador by Marie Malzac La Croic International
Myanmar nuns raise curtain on brave new world for women by John Zaw UCANews.com
Letter from Rome. Catholic women want to help but why won't the pope let them? by Robert Mickens UCANews.com
UN: violence against women a ‘mark of shame’ on our society by Vatican News
How can we prevent the abuse of women by the clergy? by Lea Karen Kivi America
Catholic women are leaving the church. This group wants them to lead it. by Zac Davis America
What it means to be a Catholic feminist and why the church must embrace it by Kaya Oakes America
Catholic Women Speak network calls for church reform, focus on women by Jamie Manson National Catholic Reporter
'Knock, knock. Who's there? More than half the church!' by NCR Editorial Staff
Why the Church Needs Women (Everywhere) by Tim Duffy Patheos
When Jesus Broke Up the “Boys-Will-Be-Boys” Club by Bert Montgomery Patheos
Evangelicals, Let’s Talk About Violence Against Women by Kistan Du Mez Patheos
Women 'must fight clericalism to heal church' by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service/UCANews.com
Catholic Women Speak network calls for church reform, focus on women by Jamie Manson Global Sisters Report
How “Humanae Vitae” helped one nun find her feminist voice by Helena Burns America
Pakistani widow helps victims of violence by Kamran Chaudhry UCANews.com
Tackling Violence Against Women In Africa by Stan Chu Ilo The Huffington Post
Pope Francis makes Historic Appointment of 3 Women as Consultors for CDF by Catholic News World
In Conversation: Isabella Rossellini by David Marchese Vulture
Pope says prostitution tortures women, apologizes for Catholic ‘clients by Inés San Martín Crux
Fr. Luke Hansen, SJ, on the Role of Women in the Catholic Church by Philippa Hitchen Jesuits USA Midwest Province
Francis needs to listen to women, not cardinals by Maureen Fiedler National Catholic Reporter
The Catholic Church must listen to the courageous voices of women by Luke Hansen, S.J. America
When my daughter whispered to me, “I wish girls could be priests,” I didn’t know what to say. by Barry Hudock America
Pope Francis appoints two laywomen to key positions in Roman Curia by Gerard O’Connell America
Australian embassy commemorates first woman to hold Vatican leadership post by Joshua J. McElwee Vatican News National Catholic Reporter
Women deacons, Disney and doors: Read what this Jesuit priest said in his first homily. by Luke Hansen, S.J. America
Pope at Mass: exploiting women is a sin against God by Susy Hodges Vatican News
No one had ever done a comprehensive survey of Catholic women. So we did. by Matt Malone, S.J. America
The United States needs to recognize women’s genius and hard work by Matt Malone, S.J. America
In an age of #MeToo, women take a ‘second look’ at the sexual revolution by Courtney Grogan National Catholic Register
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