 WHAT'S NEWMEDIA INTERVIEW: KPFA 94.1 FM Radio Berkeley Interviewed by Kate Raphael, Women's Magazine "The Other Vatican Sex Scandal" May 3, 1:00 PST NEWSWEEK: "What Would Mary Do?" April 26, 2010 It's great that Newsweek did a cover story on the importance of women to the Roman Catholic Church, but I was disappointed that the piece failed to acknowledge the courageous work of contemporary Catholic women. If you know what feminist theology is, it's because Catholic women essentially created it. And if you want a good answer to the question on your cover, look to Fordham University theology professor Elizabeth Johnson. When asked a few years ago what Mary would say about the sex abuse scandal, Johnson quoted from Mary's Magnificat: "He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly." Angela Bonavoglia "OF VICTIMS AND VIXENS" MAKES TOP TEN Spring 2010 marked the second anniversary of the online publication of On the Issues. My article on the feminist class over prostitution made the Top Ten list of the last two years, coming in at number 5. Congratulations to On the Issues! |
W E L C O M EGOOD CATHOLIC GIRLS BACK IN THE NEWS!Despite the media tsunami surrounding this most recent wave of revelations of sex abuse and cover-up within the Catholic Church, the place of girls and women -- as victims and victors -- remains nearly invisible. Yet, as I illustrated in my book, GOOD CATHOLIC GIRLS: HOW WOMEN ARE LEADING THE FIGHT TO CHANGE THE CHURCH, Catholic women are the driving force behind reform. And that reality has put Good Catholic Girls back in the news.
• Read all about it! Kindle Edition of Good Catholic Girls releases on June 15 • Big response to my Huffington Post Religion blogs: The Catholic Church: Abusing, Endangering, Intimidating Women Cardinal Levada, Celibacy and the Sex Abuse Crisis • Newsweek asks: What Would Mary Do? and publishes my response. • Pink Smoke Over the Vatican, Jules Hart's extraordinary documentary on the Catholic women's ordination movement soon to be available! For more on the women's ordination movement, see my article in Salon; for more on me, see the film! • Event coming up: An Evening with the Good Catholic Girls of Literati DC, a very cool book club • And other great happenings that I can't talk about yet!  To learn more about the Church, the history of clerical sexual abuse of women and girls, and much more... |
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