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A sixth-century mosaic in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy, shows a procession of virgin martyrs. (Wikimedia Commons/Rabe!)

Jesus is feminist

We draw our life-sap through the roots of our faith in Jesus Christ. Will the church realize its beginnings with greater understanding and become a protagonist and witness of women's liberation?

Column | Just Catholic

Since the Amazon synod, what has happened to talk of synodality?

by Phyllis Zagano
Aug 24, 2020

Just Catholic: There was lots of talking together and walking together at the recent Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region. Some 230 men and 35 women met, but on the interrelated questions of married priests and women deacons, the talking and the walking fell short.

A woman is depicted at prayer in an ancient Christian mosaic seen in the Vatican's Pio Cristiano Museum. (Wikimedia Commons/Miguel Hermoso Cuesta)
Column | Simply Spirit

Jesus founded a movement led by both women and men

by Christine Schenk
Jun 15, 2018

Simply Spirit: Vatican statements on women priests are invariably ahistorical and biblically naive. It is embarrassing. Worse, they bear false witness to the Jesus of history.

Of Francis and feminism

by Christine Schenk
Mar 15, 2017

Simply Spirit: Four years on, what can be said of Francis' papacy as it relates to women in the church? If you explore more deeply, there is much to praise.

Doctrinal congregation convokes meeting on role of women in the church

by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
Sep 29, 2016

Stop shaming women for seeking equal power in the church

by Jamie Manson
Aug 17, 2016

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