It's a really good thing that God (Ceiling Cat, FSM, Buddha, Deity of your choice) has claimed vengeance, and the right to judgement (Romans 12:19-21). 'Cause, otherwise, the Catholic authorities who chose to excommunicate the mother of, and doctors for, a nine-year-old girl raped by her stepfather ...

Surely, I thought, this must be a joke as I read a news headline saying that the word “nun” has been dropped from the Oxford Junior Dictionary. But it’s no joke. Lisa Saunders, a mom in Ireland, discovered that the new edition of the dictionary had dropped a bunch of words. Upon cl...

The Vatican has just announced an Apostolic Visitation “in order to look into the quality of the life� of women religious in the United States. The announcement was made public in a news conference at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, on January ...

The calling to be a nun is a pretty amazing thing. It’s a real adventure because it is always full of twists and turns and the unexpected. You never know where the Spirit will lead you. Being a nun is also pretty countercultural — we live in community, we hold all things in common, and w...

Abstract-Ellie wrote about a call regarding a women whom experienced a beating from husband per the advice given on Family Radio. I guess the victim alone needs counseling in cases of domestic violence! Pastor: Ok, let's have the next caller Caller: Hi Pastor, my sister called you about 6 months ago...

It’s such a tight rope women walk in today’s world. Republicans claim to want to reduce the abortion rate. Republicans claim to think it’s wrong when women who work fulltime and “abandon their children in daycare.” Republicans claim to hate “entitlement programs&#...

[More than you wanted to know and not 100% accurate.]   A nun is a woman who has taken special vows committing her to a religious life.  She may be an ascetic who chooses to voluntarily leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent . The t...