I have just spent a week on Inismeain, the middle, and quietest, of the Aran Islands. The days were mostly dry, and I got in plenty of long walks. The one I love best is the walk around the back of the island, over the rocks and by the sea. All week there was a cold, northerly breeze blowing, which would have been more at home in the month of January.
WRITTEN BY RYAN HOFFMANN
|JULY 25, 2015
|FOCUS AREAS: CHURCH WORKER JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS EQUALITY
The declaration below was released after a landmark women’s forum was held July 25, 2015 at Chicago Theological Seminary.
Declaration on Women in the Catholic Church
As the Catholic church strives to cultivate a faith rooted in human dignity and equality, we are aware that women in the church are neglected, cast aside, abused and dismissed.
This is a link to a marvellous article from Global Sisters Report, giving the history of almost two centuries of struggle between American Nuns and Church Male authority, local bishops in the earlier years, and the Vatican more recently.
I have great admiration for the U.S. sisters in the way they handled their recent dealings with the CDF. But I realised from this article that they have years of experience, and have developed a skill and a political savvy that is hard to resist.
