Pro-Life Feminists Can Play a Vital Role in the Feminist Movement

At the NY Times, Tish Harrison Warren writes: The history of pro-life feminism is long and complex. Pro-life feminists assert that “without known exception,” the feminist foremothers, including Susan B. Anthony, opposed abortion, though critics say this claim is overly speculative. Fissures between pro-life and pro-choice feminists formed shortly after Roe v. Wade was decided… Read More Pro-Life Feminists Can Play a Vital Role in the Feminist Movement

Around the Web: Articles on Racial Justice and Reform

Check out these recent articles from around the web: Are racial justice movements straying from Catholic tradition — or are Catholic leaders out of touch? by Alessandra Harris: “The racial justice movement will continue until Black people are no longer treated as second-class citizens, segregated in economically depressed neighborhoods, denied adequate education and health care,… Read More Around the Web: Articles on Racial Justice and Reform

Pope Writes Letter to Michael O’Loughlin, Author of New Book on Catholics and the AIDS Epidemic

In the NY Times, millennial Catholic journalist Michael O’Loughlin writes: As a reporter who covers the church, I had started interviewing Catholics who worked and fought during the height of the H.I.V. crisis in the United States, roughly 1982 to 1996. People like Ms. Baltosiewich persisted amid frequent hostility from church leaders toward gay people… Read More Pope Writes Letter to Michael O’Loughlin, Author of New Book on Catholics and the AIDS Epidemic