Lisa and the Young Turks Discuss the Vatican Scandals
Lisa joins the Young Turks to discuss the most recent Vatican scandals:
View ArticleA Women’s Place is in the Church
Here they are, the members of history’s oldest and most elite all-male club, trying to manage what began as a domestic crisis. For decades, priests in America, Europe, Ireland, Brazil (and God knows...
View ArticleNBC Nightly News Interviews Lisa: Vatican Scandals
On April 4nd. 2010, Lisa appeared on NBC’s “Nightly News” to discuss recent scandals and the Vatican’s response. Visit MSNBC or view the segment below.
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The Troubled Future of Catholic Celibacy
In 1998 a Roman Catholic nun named Marie McDonald wrote a brief and painful summary of her concerns to her colleagues and superiors. It was labeled “strictly confidential.” She was worried, she said,...
View ArticleCatholic Bishops Get It Right on Immigration
Let’s hear it for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. I’m not even remotely joking. Catholic bishops, both in the U.S. and abroad, have taken a justified beating in the press of late...
View ArticleNBC Nightly News Interviews Lisa: “The Birth Control Pill and Catholics”
On May 5th, 2010, Lisa appeared on NBC’s “Nightly News” to discuss the Vatican, Catholicism and birth control. Visit MSNBC or view the segment below.
View ArticleThe Catholic Church Attacks Nuns
Earlier this month, in something of a surprise, a nun at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix was excommunicated for approving a first-trimester abortion last year at that hospital to save the life of a...
View ArticleBelgium Bucks the Vatican
The Vatican has clearly stated that when investigating cases of sex abuse, “civil law concerning the reporting of crimes to the appropriate authorities should always be followed.” History shows,...
View ArticleAfter Vatican’s rebuke of nuns, time to hear Mary’s voice
Imagine the fury of the men of Galilee when a young, unmarried girl showed up in their village pregnant. They must have talked about punishments. Stoning — a legitimate penalty, condoned by Deuteronomy...
View ArticleVatican’s use of term ‘radical feminist’ says more about cardinals than nuns...
It surprises me a little that the men who run things at the Vatican did not use their most favorite recent pejorative – “feminist” — when they rapped the knuckles of Margaret Farley, a nun who has long...
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