Women & Catholicism
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Investigates three distinct situations in the Catholic Church, each pointing to Catholicism's global weak spot: the role of women in the Church. Each of the three cases reflects the tension between communion and authority, particularly where women are concerned. The thread of women in the church weaves
… More »Investigates three distinct situations in the Catholic Church, each pointing to Catholicism's global weak spot: the role of women in the Church. Each of the three cases reflects the tension between communion and authority, particularly where women are concerned. The thread of women in the church weaves a tapestry that sheds light on the Catholic Church's hierarchically-imposed laws and sanctions designed to keep women at a distance from the holy, whether as liturgical ministers, as wives of priests, or as priests themselves.
« Lessgender, communion, and authority
Communion and authority -- Who is Fabian Bruskewitz? -- The US Conference of Catholic Bishops -- The USCCB and the sex abuse scandal -- Bishop Bruskewitz and Call to Action -- Call to Action and Call to Action- Nebraska -- Call to Action -- Communion and authority in Lincoln, Nebraska -- ConclusionsWho is Emanuel Milingo? -- Lusaka -- Rome -- Marriage, Moon, and Married Priests now! -- Married priests, faith healing: Africa, Rome, and around the world -- The excommunications of Archbishop Milingo -- Questions of communion and authority -- Personal prelatures and future possibilities -- The underground church in Czechoslovakia -- Some conclusions -- Interlude: ordained women in the underground church -- Infallibility -- Roman Catholic womenpriests -- The Sacrament of Order: history and theology -- Anglican women priests and the validity of Anglican Orders -- Ordained women deacons -- Conclusions regarding the diaconate -- Ordination, excommunication, and Roman Catholic women
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Add a CommentIt's not dry, it's SCHOLARLY. ;) Nevertheless, an interesting peek into the ongoing struggle for women's recognition in the rock-bound Church.