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24 October 2020

The African Women

 Those who are not from Africa can generally be divided into two groups: those who have never been there and those who have lived there, at least for a while. The former can only have prejudices, and in principle, this is inevitable, for we can only build partial representations of that with which we ... PDF
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26 September 2020

Sisters

 Sisters, sisterhood, sorority. These terms indicate union, communion, and reciprocity between women. The latter of these three is a relatively recent concept, and some people associate it with feminist practices of which they do not approve. Our hope for this month’s Women Church World is that these ... PDF
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29 August 2020

The Patronesses of Europe

 The new Europe cannot solely be founded on economics, finance, political agreements and diplomacy. This Europe needs collective values -and as strange as it may seem-, it needs common feelings able to guide it, to direct it, to interpret its deepest soul and to point to a hope for the future. For ... PDF
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27 June 2020

Frontier Lives

   A frontier is a narrow strip of land between two states with an officially delimited crossing area intended for defense. However, during the course of history, and particularly American history, ‘frontier’ has come to indicate a sparsely colonized region situated where lands have yet to be ... PDF
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30 May 2020

Emergencies and female leadership

 Maternity causes a neuronal explosion and equips the brain with new abilities. It seems that mother nature prepares mothers biologically to respond to emergencies and protect life. For example, a mouse that has given birth is more capable of confronting danger, managing stress and finding the exit ... PDF
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25 April 2020

THE CARE OF THE SOUL, AND THE PERSON

 In September 2013, Pope Francis appealed to the Church to take charge of anyone who bore the marks of physical or psychological suffering, stating “I see clearly that the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, ... PDF
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22 March 2020

The power of women in the Church

  Words such as power, authority and authoritativeness are frequently used by women as they consider or discuss the social, administrative and political tasks they perform, or aspire to perform. That women should claim power, authority and authoritativeness on equal terms with men is a matter of ... PDF
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22 January 2020

Consacrated Life resilience and prayer

 In this issue on Consecrated Life we discuss the term burnout. This word, in its literal meaning, involves exhaustion, collapse, stress, wear, and is a syndrome that also affects nuns. In fact, the extent of this issue is so vast that the the International Union of [Female] Superiors General ... PDF
28 December 2019

Women and Francis

 In this issue, women share what they think of Pope Francis in relation to the female question in the Church. The contributing essayists in this issue are: the Avvenire Vaticanist and columnist, Stefania Falasca; the theologians Serena Noceti, Marinella Perroni, Cristina Simonelli, Shahrzad Houshmand ... PDF
23 November 2019

A proposito di madri

 The ancient philosophers urged people to act with temperance, understood as the mid-point between two excesses: intemperance on the one side and insensitivity on the other. The Delphic Oracle’s μηδέν άγαν (nothing to excess) and Horace’s principle of the aurea mediocritas (golden mean) ... PDF

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