Listen to this, and try not to slap your computer.

Bishop Explains Vatican’s Criticism of U.S. Nuns, on Terry Gross’s “Fresh Air,” on NPR. Guess this particular Christian Quality Control Board needs a run through of the Overboard. And thanks, DickG., for the link.

A Faithful Budget

I wish Nuns on the Bus would come to Connecticut. If they did, I would go throw flowers. Take a look at the Faithful Budget, an answer to Rep. Paul Ryan’s faithless one. I stand with Sis. Simone Campbell (no relation, and that’s my loss) on her interpretation of Catholic social teaching. (You can see …

Let’s hand out Dolan Grants to some nuns

Sharon and Susan both sent me this, a recent Bill Keller’s New York Times column that included this gem of an idea for nuns who find themselves unable to stay in a church that condemns them: There are many nuns who hold fast to the church out of genuine devotion. But there are others who …

Miriam Therese Winter is on Colin McEnroe’s show today on WNPR

And you really should listen. M.T.’s going to talk about the Vatican’s crackdown on American nuns. If you haven’t heard of M.T. Winter,  feminist, theologian, and musician at the Hartford Seminary, you really need to give this a listen, while reading this.

Right about now, we’re strapping in…

…into WNPR’s The Colin McEnroe Show, that is, where the topics might be: The Vatican and American nuns Are we living in a nanny state if the government bans sugary drinks? If they’re going to pry my Dr Pepper from my cold, dead fingers, what else are they going to take from me? The ethics …