Tag Archives: Nuns On The Bus

Why do liberals try to make religious life so … small?

Posted on 7 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Since there is a great deal of liberal hooting at the latest women religious, LCWR, Bus-Nun type goat rodeo, let’s turn the clock back a bit and look at something at Religion and Politics about the Nashville Dominicans.
The article is longish, … Continue reading →

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Sr. Simone Campbell spins the CDF smackdown of the LCWR. Hilarity ensues.

Posted on 15 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In a story about the CDF smackdown on the LCWR, USA Today quotes Sr. Simone Campbell of the ultra-poltical, ultra-liberal Nuns on the Bus crowd.
Sr. Campbell is too smart actually to believe this, but let’s read it anyway:
[...] Sister Simone … Continue reading →

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Nuns and Ohio voter fraud

Posted on 21 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A priest friend sent me this. I wonder Sr. Simone Campbell thinks about this.
From Cincinnati.com:
A Greater Cincinnati nun is suspected of illegally casting a ballot for another nun who died before last November’s election, a new case of alleged vote … Continue reading →

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“Band of Sisters” documentary about liberal women religious premiers

Posted on 14 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

We start a new work week with some old fashioned dissent.
And I mean old.
Picture if you will the paradox of a visible but invisible group of women religious dissenters. Even as they stay in the public eye, because of one … Continue reading →

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March For Life VIDEO! Obama for the … Unborn?!?

Posted on 11 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Some people are getting it.  Liberals, even – to their eternal shame liberal catholics – are hijacking pro-life language as a way of promoting strict gun-control as if it were a pro-life issue.  What they are really trying to do is silence … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Examination of conscience and “Speaking against priests or consecrated religious”

Posted on 16 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
Hello Father! An examination of conscience asks, “Have I spoken against a priest, or against anyone consecrated to God? (This is a sacrilege).” I am not sure what constitutes “speaking against”, but I have made fun of the … Continue reading →

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Nuns On The Bus get frosty reception in Ohio

Posted on 17 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Religion News Service has a story about the reception the Nuns On The Bus (who go ’round and ’round) encountered in Ohio.  Not so friendly.
(RNS) The “Nuns on the Bus” have been a consistently popular and effective faith-based tool … Continue reading →

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Nuns On The Bus Warmed-Over: a stop at Ohio Dominican University

Posted on 10 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Apparently the Nuns On The Bus are still going ’round and ’round with their blatantly partisan political agenda.
From a reader:
The “Nuns on the Bus” tour has C-Bus for its next stop. This is the group that has been touring the … Continue reading →

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Weigel on the Nuns on the Bus v Real Nuns

Posted on 2 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From NRO:
The Sisters of Life were founded in 1991 by Cardinal John O’Connor and Mother Agnes Mary Donovan (a former Columbia psychology professor and clinician) as a new religious community of women dedicated to the defense of life at all … Continue reading →

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National catholic Reporter’s misleading piece about Bp. Morlino, Rep. Ryan.

Posted on 10 September 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Are we surprised when the National catholic Reporter (aka Fishwrap) posts a a misleading, prejudicial report about a sound and strong Catholic bishop?
Here is Fishwrap’s piece:
Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison, Wis., (Rep. Paul Ryan’s home diocese) gives some political science lessons … Continue reading →

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