Articles on this issue "women"

Human Cloning Denounced as Opposite of Progress

Critics Decry Exploitation of Women, Manufacturing of Persons

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Protests continue following the news that scientists at the Oregon Health and Science University created cloned human embryos that were then used as a source of stem cells. Cardinal Seán …

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US Bishops Note Support for Challengers to Contraception Mandate

"we will continue our vigorous efforts"

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Here is a statement released today by Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the US bishops' Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty. * * * Chairman’s Statement in Support of …

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What the Holy See Has to Say About Violence Against Women and Girls

Commission on the Status of Women, 57th Session

New York, (Zenit.org) Jane Adolphe | 906 hits

The Commission on the Status of Women, established by the United Nations in 1946, finished its annual meetings (4-14 March 2013) in New York. State representatives were gathered together …

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Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and dean of theology at the Regina Apostolorum university. Q: There seems to be a trend in some U.S. dioceses to …

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The Cost of Divorce

Women Pay the Highest Price

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Families are the building blocks of society, facilitating generational renewal, human interaction, and linking individuals to wider society as a whole.” These aren’t words from a Catholic …

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Mary and the 'New Feminism'

Mariology Conference Participant Sheds Light on Christian Feminism, Respect for Human Dignity

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By Ann Schneible True Christian feminism would clearly lay out the equality of the woman's dignity based as an image of God," says Dr. Gloria Falcão Dodd, lecturer and researcher at the …

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True Feminine Beauty in the Arts

Vatican Museum to host Mother-Daughter Pilgrimage

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By Elizabeth Lev As the Marian month of May draws to a close, Rome is starting to prepare for its beach season. Everywhere women are prompted to enhance their looks for the beach -- diets, …

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Cardinal Rodé on Visitation of Women Religious

"I Am Encouraged by the Efforts to Identify the Signs of Hope"

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Here is the statement of Cardinal Franc Rodé, prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, in which he explains the motives for the apostolic …

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Pope: Women Crucial to Upholding Human Rights

Affirms Power of New Feminism to Transform Culture

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Benedict XVI's Address to Benedictine Sisters

"Mary's Heart Is the Cloister Where the Word Continues to Speak in Silence"

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Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave March 9 upon visiting the monastery of the Benedictine Oblate Sisters of St. Frances of Rome at Tor de' Specchi. * * * Dear Oblate …

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Vatican to Study US Women Religious

Official Visitation to Consider Quality of Life

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25 Women to Participate in October Synod

Largest Number in History of Event

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October's synod of bishops on the word of God will include the largest participation ever by women -- Benedict XVI appointed 25 to participate. The Holy See made public yesterday the Pope's …

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Religious Mobilize Against Trafficking of Persons

70% of All Victims Are Women

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The trafficking of persons isn't an isolated issue, but rather one that is closely connected to various global issues of injustice and poverty, said the president of the International Union of …

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Vatican Reaffirms: Women's Ordination Invalid

Decree Says Offense Incurs Automatic Excommunication

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The Vatican's doctrinal congregation has decisively decreed that the ordination of women is invalid. The general decree "On the Delict of Attempted Sacred Ordination of a Woman" was published …

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Here is the general decree of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on the automatic excommunication for the attempted ordination of women, published in today's print edition of …

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