Tag Archives: Nuns Gone Wild

The dying out of women religious, and the crisis of religious, priestly vocations. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

If anyone in the English speaking world knows what the status quaestionis is concerning American women religious it’s Ann Carey. She has written insightful books about, especially, why some orders are imploding from their own suicide pact with modernity.  See … Read More

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, PRAYER REQUEST, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants, Women Religious | Tagged , , , , , ,
25 Comments

Sr. Jeannine Gramick asked Pres. Obama to expand abortion throughout the world

Sr. Jeannine Gramick has signed a letter to Pres. Obama asking that abortion be expanded throughout the world.  PDF of the letter HERE. Guardian story HERE. Sr. Gramick is, as you may recall, one of those immortalized in my post NUNS … Read More

Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Liberals, Magisterium of Nuns, Women Religious, You must be joking! | Tagged , ,
52 Comments

Nuns Gone Mad… Nuns Gone Wild… take your pick

I have written now a couple times about the whacky fringe group of nuns, NCAN, led by the pro-abortion Sinsinawa Dominican Sr. Donna Quinn.  HERE and HERE Now I see at the National Catholic Register that Anne Carey, whose book I … Read More

Posted in Liberals, Magisterium of Nuns, Women Religious | Tagged , , , , ,
5 Comments

Francis: “Can you imagine a Church without nuns?” Fr. Z gives his view.

Pope Francis has made it clear that he considers dimly women religious who are not fruitful. He has admonished nuns not to be “zitelle… spinsters, old maids, biddies”. To be called “una zitella” isn’t a compliment in Italian. “But Father! … Read More

Posted in Francis, Women Religious | Tagged , , , ,
38 Comments

Bp. Paprocki in a hostile crowd tells it like it is

There is a useful RSS feed widget on the side bar of this blog which reveals what the Cardinal Newman Society is up to these days.  Check it out. Using that feed, I found their article on what happened in Phoenix … Read More

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, O'Brian Tags, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged , , , , , , , , ,
39 Comments

VIDEO: Bp. Morlino (D. Madison) critiques Nuns On The Bus, defends Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). INTERVIEW on EWTN!

Please use the sharing buttons!  Thanks! I received this from the nice people who produce Raymond Arroyo’s The World Over news show on EWTN. Below is a clip from an interview with the great Bishop Robert Morlino (D. of Madison) which … Read More

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Magisterium of Nuns, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill | Tagged , , , , ,
26 Comments

Fishwrap’s advocacy of dissent continues in a chat with Sr. Theresa Kane

The National Catholic Fishwrap, pipe for the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR – a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns) continues lapdog-like in its tail-wagging support of dissident women religious.  A case in point: Former LCWR leader gives take … Read More

Posted in Magisterium of Nuns, The future and our choices | Tagged , , , ,
24 Comments

Nuns Gone Wild: A Trip Down Memory Lane

Those of you who wonder why the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the American Bishops initiated a reform of the leadership of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), should take a little trip down memory lane. … Read More

Posted in Classic Posts, Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Magisterium of Nuns, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill | Tagged , , , , , , , ,
120 Comments