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Hailed as the first feminist of Latin America, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, OSH, was a 17th-century Mexican nun known for her theological writings on...
Set in an isolated, unnamed religious community, Women Talking opens with one woman, Ona, awakening with the realization she had been raped. She’s ...
CFC President Jamie Manson and Deputy Director of Policy and Organizing Steph-Hanson Quintana hosted a webinar for people looking to learn more abo...
A few weeks ago I was in Tallahassee to advocate for reproductive freedom grounded in our Catholic social justice values. CFC joined our interfaith...
This webinar discusses how to support for reproductive freedom with Catholic values and counter the undue influence of the Vatican on the United Na...
CFC President Jamie Manson submitted testimony to the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary for their hearing on the ratification of the Equal Right...
Catholic social teaching is clear: Every person has a distinct right and responsibility to participate in community and pursue the common good. If ...
“How can one person be so pivotal, and yet their name is one we never learn?” Early on in Betsy West and Julie Cohen’s new documentary, “My Name Is...
The must-see Netflix documentary “Pray Away” opens with a car ride on a gray evening. Over pitter-pattering rain and the hypnotic chatter of windsh...
NEAR THE END OF HIS SECOND presidential term, Ronald Reagan attempted to make good on a campaign promise to restrict abortion rights. He turned to ...
What does it mean to trust women and value individual conscience? World-renowned experts agree: Catholics - and many people of faith - all over the...
BRACING FOR THE POSSIBILITY that the Supreme Court will further weaken, or even overturn, Roe v. Wade—potentially allowing states to ban abortion entirely—legal scholars and activists are preparing for an assault on the Constitution. Similarly, people of faith see an assault on our values, teachings and faith commitments. Julianna Gonnen’s “Equal Dignity – A Way Forward If Roe Falls?” argues that constitutional protection for reproductive freedom may be found not only in Roe’s imperiled privacy sphere, but also in a holistic understanding of equal protection, indicating both a compelling legal strategy and a space that allows shared values of law and faith to intersect.
James Carroll makes a valid point in championing the imminent collapse of the male supremacist clerical establishment of the Catholic church and its replacement with a more inclusive and democratic model.