NEWS STORY
RNS-Vatican-Nuns: Magazine report is aimed at silencing nuns on sex abuse, says Vatican critic
(RNS) – A recent article on an Italian Jesuit run magazine detailed the abuse of power that exists within female religious congregations. But according to the former head of the Vatican magazine on women it represents an effort to undermine the newfound voice of female religious. By Claire Giangravè. 900 words. (category: i)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Waldmen-Oped: Will Tammy Duckworth be the first deist veep nominee since Thomas Jefferson?
(RNS) — Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who is actively being considered as Joe Biden’s running mate, has an unusual religious pedigree. Her mother is an active Buddhist, her father was Southern Baptist – but she describes herself using a term rarely used by modern politicians. “I think of myself as a deist,” she told a group of constituents in 2012. If the Illinois senator becomes a national candidate it’s likely the Founding Father’s faith tradition will come to be as controversial as it was in the 19th century. By Steven Waldmen. 834 words. (category: k)
