PopeWatch: Women

29 March AD 2014

From the only reliable source of Catholic news on the net, Eye of the Tiber:

Washington, DC––Fresh off her groundbreaking sermon denouncing “the misogynist St. Paul” for depriving the demoniac girl of her spiritual gifts in Acts 16:16, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori has published another landmark piece of scriptural exegesis. In a new set of essays entitled The Great Amend, Schori highlights the systematic oppression, degradation, and misunderstanding of women throughout Holy Scripture. Prominent examples include Delilah, long viewed as a villain, actually a sexually-liberated freedom-fighter; Jezebel, a trailblazing political leader and forerunner to such modern figures as Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi; and Eve, an independent, free-thinking woman who was ostracized by the all-male establishment because of her dietary preferences. “By far the most egregious example of the oppressive patriarchy within the Bible,” Jefferts Schori observes, “is a particular teenage girl, about three-quarters of the way through the book, who is forced to consent to an unwanted pregnancy. Any fair and just society would have provided her access to proper reproductive services — including safe, legal, state-subsidized abortion.”

When asked to comment Pope Francis opined that perhaps the mitre of the bishopess might be a wee bit too tight.

Donald R. McClarey

Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 41 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.

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Mary De Voe

Saturday, March 29, AD 2014 6:00am

Genius. The part about aborting the Son of God was indeed painful, but all abortion aborts the child of God.

TomD

Saturday, March 29, AD 2014 7:51am

Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori forgot to mention Salome, a modern career woman who was just trying to get ahead in a world of powerful men.

CAM

Sunday, March 30, AD 2014 7:27am

Tom D,
Salome indeed. Thanks for the smile.

Margaret Conroy

Sunday, March 30, AD 2014 3:38pm

Amazing — where do these people come from??????

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