Image by Long Thiên With great sadness, the members of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, mourn the passing of Pope Francis. His character, warmth, and deep humility, as well as the numerous contributions he has made throughout his papacy have made an...
Dr. Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Associate Professor of Theology and Latina/o Ministry at Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry, opened the conference with a talk entitled “The Evil of Violence Against Women and the Hope Manifest in Pope Francis’ Enduring Legacy”...
Compassion is a long, loving look at what is real. In this Year of Mercy, deemed as such by Pope Francis, Sister Cynthia Bauer points out that compassion is integral to mercy. “Mercy invites circles of compassion, which goes deeper than mercy,” Sister says. “That’s...
For the past week, news sources have been abuzz about Pope Francis’s announcement to create a commission to study women deacons. It’s an initiative worthy of talk, but there’s more to the story. Sister Lorelle Elcock, OP, Prioress of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, was...
On Thursday May 12, Pope Francis announced he will create a commission to study the possibility of allowing women to serve as deacons in the Catholic Church. He said this in the presence of 900 leaders of the world’s congregations of Catholic women religious,...
