Catholic support for women’s ordination rises in Latin America – poll
United States RNS In major Latin American countries, Catholic support for ordaining women as priests has risen significantly in the last decade, while Pope Francis’ popularity has declined somewhat, according to a survey released on Thursday by Pew Research Center. Peru saw the highest increase among the surveyed countries – which also included Argentina, Chile, […]
US Catholics more polarised than ever about still-popular Pope Francis, survey says
United States RNS US Catholics are more polarised than ever in how they view Pope Francis, even though majorities on both ends of the political spectrum have a positive view of the Pope, according to a new survey. Pew Research Center, in a report released on Friday, found that three-quarters of US Catholics (75 per […]
China denies coercive birth control measures in Xinjiang
Beijing, China AP A Chinese official on Monday denied Beijing has imposed coercive birth control measures among Muslim minority women, following an outcry over a tweet by the Chinese Embassy in Washington claiming that government polices had freed women of the Uighur ethnic group from being “baby-making machines”. Xu Guixiang, a deputy spokesperson for the […]
Sight-Seeing: How three women of faith changed America
A JAMES RUDIN, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at the impact three women made on the US…
Essay: ‘Humanae Vitae’ – sex and authority in the Catholic Church
Fifty years after it was first released, Catholic priest THOMAS REESE looks at how the dispute among Catholics over the controversial papal encyclical ‘Humanae Vitae’ wasn’t just about sex but about church authority itself…
Essay: How the Catholic Church came to oppose birth control
In an article first published on The Conversation, LISA MCCLAIN, professor of history and gender studies at Boise State University in the US, looks at the Catholic Church’s position on birth control, 50 years after the landmark ‘Humanae Vitae’…