NEWS STORY
RNS-Pope-Amazon: In new doc, Pope Francis veto’s ordination of women and married men to the priesthood
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – A new document by Pope Francis slams countries and companies exploiting the Amazon region and calls on the Catholic Church to find new paths and methods to minister to its indigenous people. But those new paths do not include the ordination of either women or married men. By Claire Giangravè. 1,200 words. (category: i)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Burton-Oped: ‘Self-Care Barbie’ brings moral perfection to the younger set
(RNS) — Barbie’s new perfection is grounded not in her perfect plasticine proportions, nor in her sheer essence as the Ur-Feminine, but in the ritualistic oblations one can make, through play, toward the Self-Care Experience. To “be your best,” to “be as good as Barbie,” means to go to the gym, to go to the spa, to spend time and money on practicing the necessarily markers of Best Self-ism. By Tara Isabella Burton. 690 words. (category: k)
