It’s Oscars time in the era of #MeToo and #TimesUp—and fittingly, many of the Best Picture nominees are films whose plot lines expose secrets.
Tag: Catholic Church
Flying in the Face of Catholic Law, These Women Are Claiming the Priesthood
In the rest of the city, people are trudging through the rain and struggling to keep their umbrellas from flipping inside out. But inside Chicago’s Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, it’s […]
The 15 (Or So!) Best Feminist Films of 2015
A nonagenarian fashionista who wears her wrinkles as “a badge of courage.” Two transgender women of color stomping it out in the streets of Hollywood with only their friendship to […]
New Film “Spotlight” Tackles Sex Abuse by Catholic Priests
In 2003, a group of reporters from The Boston Globe were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for their investigation into sex crimes covered up the Catholic Church. Now, a new film, […]
Why 100 Women Just Marched 100 Miles
On Tuesday, 100 women from various backgrounds, faiths and nationalities completed their 100-mile walk to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Their pilgrimage, […]
Pope Francis Has Turned a Blind Eye
This article first appeared in the Summer 2015 issue of Ms. Subscribe today to get the whole issue in your mailbox or inbox! The Catholic Church sex-abuse scandal took a dramatic […]
The Not-So-Progressive Pope
As Pope Francis prepares for his first-ever visit to the United States, many are looking back on his first years as pontiff and evaluating what have been, by some measure, […]
Barbara Blaine: Exposing Priests’ Sexual Abuse
This March, for Women’s History Month, the Ms. Blog is profiling Wonder Women who have made history—and those who are making history right now. Join us each day as we bring […]
Calafia: Re-appropriating the Amazon Queen
Well-known Latin American folklore/saints have been presented through the eyes of the colonizer for centuries now. Stories of La Llorona (the bad mother), La Malinche (the traitor) and Santa Maria […]
What Happens if Your Health Plan Provider is Catholic?
Reprinted with permission from Kaiser Health News. Read the original article here. Catholic and other religious hospitals and universities have been arguing in federal court for much of the past two years […]