Feminism Archives

New advocacy group shows different faces of Catholic ‘feminism’

Aug 31, 2020

Seven women who “applied” for ecclesial jobs traditionally open to men last month have since become icons for the different faces of the Catholic “feminist” movement, illustrating that there is no singular vision for how to achieve the more welcoming and inclusive Church they envision.

By Elise Ann Allen

New ‘1 Girl Revolution’ hopes to give every woman a voice

Dec 5, 2018

Kate Bryan is the person behind the “1 Girl Revolution” podcast. The podcast is built around the theme that ‘Every woman has a story. Every woman has a voice. Every woman has the power to change the world through her life. Every woman is a 1 Girl Revolution.’ She spoke to Charles Camosy.

By Charles C. Camosy

Argentina feminist rally ends with Molotov bombs thrown at church
- Oct 16, 2018
Monday, there were violent protests that included bare-chested women throwing Molotov cocktails at a Catholic church and City Hall in the city of Trelew, located some 700 miles south of Buenos Aires.

By Inés San Martín
New Pro-Life Movement aims to rethink approach to end abortion
- Feb 5, 2018
MT Dávila is assistant professor of Christian ethics at Andover Newton Theological Seminary in Newton, Massachusetts, and a member of the New Pro-Life Movement.

By Charles C. Camosy
Pro-life movement needs to embrace racial justice, activist says
- Oct 30, 2017
Cessilye Smith is a prominent New Wave feminist and pro-life activist. She says she knows many pro-life activists are doing amazing work. “But when the public eye sees the pro-life movement fighting to end abortion without looking at the root, then you will always get the side eye from the black community,” Smith says.

By Charles C. Camosy
Feminists in Pope’s Argentina stage ‘Topless Protest’ against the Church
- Oct 17, 2017
On Sunday in Pope Francis’s native Argentina, feminists favoring legal abortion and the recognition of prostitution as a legitimate trade staged what they called a “boob protest” against a Catholic cathedral in the northern city of Resistencia, tossing a Molotov cocktail at the church as well as stones, bottles and fake used tampons. They also called out the pope by name, chanting, “Bergoglio, look, those who abort are a majority.”

By Inés San Martín