Opinion

For more than a year, a network of community leaders has provided public witness, solidarity and mutual aid in support of detained immigrant neighbors and their families at the ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey.

The brainchild of WOC Executive Director Kate McElwee, the "Not if, But How — Reforming Institutions" panel gathered two sociologists and a political scientist to explore concrete strategies for changing institutions.  

Tamika Royes suggests that Black Catholic women can help revive the Catholic Church — if only they are permitted to make full use of their gifts.

Despite the powerful charisms bestowed upon many women, "it is no secret that women leaders face significant obstacles in exercising their God-given gifts within the church," Christine Schenk writes. 

Chris Herlinger reflexiona en su blog sobre Edith Stein —santa Teresa Benedicta de la Cruz—, laica destacada: educadora, filósofa y defensora de la dignidad humana y de los derechos de la mujer, antes de convertirse del judaísmo al catolicismo e ingresar a las Carmelitas Descalzas. Stein murió en Auschwitz en 1942. "Al reflexionar sobre el Holocausto, debemos hacer lo que Stein habría hecho: ser constantemente conscientes de la negación de los derechos humanos en todas partes", escribe.
 

Born and raised Jewish, Edith Stein converted to Catholicism in 1922, later becoming a Discalced Carmelite nun who was arrested by the Gestapo and perished in Auschwitz in 1942.

A recent Vatican document on marriage revives troubling assumptions about Africa and polygamy. Sr. Leonida Katunge asks: Why is Africa once again being defined without Africa at the table?

"We have learned that impact not only happens through resources but through relationships, solidarity, trust and partnerships that do not dictate but empower," writes Sr. Josephine Kwenga.