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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
- Yes, and I think this is very important. (81%, 15,546 Votes)
- Yes, I guess so. (9%, 1,716 Votes)
- No, I hesitate about such a move. (5%, 900 Votes)
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Category Archives: Women Religious
CRITICAL UPDATE!! LCWR Empowerment Moment
Over at Sancte Pater I found what must have been the next frame, or photo, shot after the one I posted HERE. You might remember the photo. The new prez, or co-mentor, or whatever she is called, between two women … Read More
LCWR wrap up
“But Father! But Father!”, people have been asking me by email, “Why haven’t you been covering the antics of the LCWR? Did you not see that they are defying the bishops? The Vatican?” Look, they are still meeting to figure … Read More
Blast From The Past: Mother Angelica 1993 – “My agenda is not hidden.”
Back in 1993 Mother Angelica blew up when, at World Youth Day (10-15 August), there was a mimed Stations of the Cross during which a woman portrayed Christ. Someone gave me a recording of her reaction. She called out the … Read More
Number of American Nuns plunging
I saw this at the Pew Research Center: U.S. nuns face shrinking numbers and tensions with the Vatican The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), which includes representation from more than 80% of American nuns, [The key is “from”. The … Read More
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Stunning unexpected support for Fr. Z’s request for LCWR credentials!
As you know, I was recently crushed by the LCWR’s second rejection. I had reached out in hope. I had applied, again, for media credentials for the upcoming LCWR assembly in Nashville. They have rebuffed, again, my application. “Where’s their prophetic … Read More
Wherein the rejected Fr. Z shares his pain with the readership
Even after last year’s bitter experience being rejected by the LCWR, I – eternal optimist that I am – once again applied for media credentials for their annual assembly. The LCWR sisters will assemble in Nashville from 12-15 August. Yes, … Read More
REPOSTED ACTION ITEM! “Could you do something for us, the nuns OFF the bus?”
ORIGINALLY POSTED 15 May 2014 You helped the chaplain and the soldiers in Afghanistan with socks. Now, help some nuns… the other warriors. You know them, I’m sure: the Dominican Sisters in Summit, NJ. These are the legendary “soap sisters” … Read More
New female Rector of a Pontifical University
Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) is chuffed about the very first appointment of a woman as rector… rectrix… of a Roman institute. Franciscan Sr. Mary Melone will be rectrix of the Antonianum, a Pontifical University. What Fishwrap didn’t report on … Read More
LCWR, their August assembly: Where’s the “prophecy”?
As you know, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious is going to have their annual confab in August. This year they are meeting in Nashville. As you will remember, last year I applied for press credentials, only to be coldly … Read More
Sr. Simone Campbell, NETWORK against SCOTUS on Hobby Lobby
Earlier today I saw a Tweet from Sr. Simone Campbell’s group NETWORK, the Nuns On The Bus crowd, along with the LCWR types… the Magisterium of Nuns, who place themselves over and against the teaching office of Bishops. Are Sr. … Read More
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