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A reasoned case for the ordination of women to the Roman Catholic priesthood, arguing that the ordination of women is the logical conclusion to all the recent work of Catholic theology about women.
"Baptised in the Birmingham Oratory by a follower of Cardinal Newman, Lavinia Byrne lived a devout and pious Catholic childhood. It brought her to the decision to join an order of nuns, the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which she entered at the age of seventeen. Over the next thiry years she flourished, excited by her discovery of theology as an academic discourse; aware of the ambivalent relationship of women to power, authority and the Church; and finding her own gift for broadcasting and writing, which have made her a popular and much-loved figure. But in January 2000 she left her order after five years of Vatican bullying and intimidation, a huge shock to the vast majority of ord...
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St. Margaret of Scotland (1046-1093) was the wife of King Malcolm III, over whom she had a marvelously positive influence, eventually managing to help him control his quick temper and become a model ruler. Because of her marital history women of every age have been able to relate to her.
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Since 2002, the Roman Catholic Church has been in crisis over the sexual abuse of minors by priests and the cover-up of those crimes by bishops. Over 11,000 alleged victims have reported their experiences to the Church, and more than 4,700 priests since 1950 have been credibly accused of sexually victimizing minors. The Church has paid over one billion dollars to adults who claim to have been sexually abused by priests and there is no end in sight to these lawsuits. Celibacy, homosexuality in the priesthood, the infiltration into the priesthood of secular moral relativism, too much liberalism in the Church since Vatican II, damaging rollback of Vatican II reforms by conservative prelates--al...
This is a collection of essays from contributors whose attempts to promote the spirit of the Second Vatican Council have been confounded by the forces of reaction in the Vatican notably by Cardinal Ratzinger. Hans Kung is a celebrated theologian whose devotion to the Church had remained undimmed despite the challenges he has experienced. His essay characterizes the positive approach to the life and future of the Roman Catholic Church that all contributors display. Other contributors are Tissa Balasuriya, Jeanine Gramick, Robert Nugent, and Charles Curran.
This is an account of the author's spiritual journey to overcome her compulsive eating problem, which led her to new insights about God and about her body. for anyone with an eating problem or doubts about their body. It offers a way to relate to the body in faith, and tackles the issues of faith, spirituality and sexuality.
This wide-ranging historical survey provides an indispensable resource for those interested in exploring, teaching, or studying English spirituality. In two stand-alone volumes, it traces the history from Roman times until the year 2000. The main Christian traditions and a vast range of writers and spiritual themes, from Anglo-Saxon poems to late-modern feminist spirituality, are included. These volumes present the astonishing richness and variety of responses made by English Christians to the call of the divine during the past two thousand years.
This work explores the social histories of the twentieth-century Marian apparitions in Europe, looking at the ecclesiastical response, and examining the Mariology that is adopted by the devotees.