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Does canon law oppress women religious or protect them? Such legal questions are the subject of this month's installment of GSR's The Life, in which the panelists also discuss how legal structures like civil law can strengthen sisters' ministry.
A 'slow awakening' led Kevin O'Brien, new Santa Clara president, to Jesuits — leaving behind legal matters. Once a corporate lawyer, the priest is now set to head Santa Clara University in California. NCR's got a profile of the journey that took him there.
Michael Sean Winters has been taking looks at the various Democratic presidential hopefuls, and this time he's writing about Pete Buttigieg. Mayor Pete's rise is confounding, but also reflects cultural zeitgeist, MSW says, for starters — he promises more tomorrow.
Thank you, Jean Vanier, for teaching me to see, writes Dani Clark. A year at a L'Arche community changed her life, and she pays tribute to the international movement's founder, who died earlier this month.
The Little Sisters of St. Therese of the Child Jesus are dedicated to improving Haiti. Loretto Sr. Barbara Wander has been visiting the country for 19 years, and she tells us about the hard work and persistence of these "Loaves and Fishes Sisters."
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