Women's Issues

“Mrs. America” is the best political drama on television right now, and perhaps the greatest feminocentric period piece to date.

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court apparently seem divided over a case involving The Little Sisters of the Poor which concerns a Trump administration ruling allowing religious employer exemptions for contraceptive coverage in health plans.

While Phyllis Zagano thoughtfully draws out the theological implications of her research, her main point is historical: There is simply no precedent on which to base the exclusion of women from the diaconate in the Catholic Church.

For all its deft crafting of real-life detail, Eliza Hittman’s film never admits any reality besides abortion as saving grace.

The denial of education to girls is a violation of their dignity as human beings made in the image of God, writes Jenny Cafiso of Canadian Jesuits International.

Each of us imagines we have “My Person.” I long thought mine was comedian John Mulaney.