Bronwen McShea’s recent book La Duchesse chronicles the life of Marie de Vignerot, the niece, protégé and heiress of Cardinal Richelieu.
Pia de Solenni
Pia de Solenni, S.Th.D., is a moral theologian, ethicist and cultural analyst. She can be contacted through social media and at her website MoralTheologian.com.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Is the synod ignoring the concerns of most Catholics in the pews?
The synod on synodality has prompted a battle over grand visions for the church. Meanwhile, Catholic parishes are failing to meet the day-to-day spiritual needs of people in the pews.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Catholic teaching on birth control is unpopular. So why is pop culture starting to agree with it?
The more women learn about their bodies and experience the direct impact of hormonal contraception, the more this growing minority looks for alternatives.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Ordaining women to the priesthood will not fix the church’s institutional problems
Perhaps when we ask if women can be ordained, we are asking the wrong question.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Pope Francis’ civil unions remarks challenge Catholics to encounter, not condemn
We can love without condoning, and we can communicate difficult teachings without wounding.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Should Catholic women preach at Mass? Here’s a better question.
We have to advance the conversation beyond one that limits women to emulating male models but instead understands women and men in relation to one another.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
What the debate over deacons gets wrong about Catholic women in leadership
As a woman in leadership in the church, I think we are having the wrong conversation when we focus so narrowly on the question of women deacons that we fail to see the ways Catholic women can—and already do—lead.