Author: Lilian Medina Romero

February 25th, 2021

Beyond Jovieliz Vega’s High-heels: The Voice of a Powerful Church Leader

[Editor’s Note: This post is the fourth and final installation in our weekly Black History Month series, which have appeared on Thursdays in February in addition to our normal Tuesday and Saturday blogs.] In the context of Black History Month, we want to talk about the experiences of African-descendant Latinas. This time we want to…
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October 22nd, 2020

The New Christian Feminism: The Vatican’s Desperate Effort to Remain Relevant

A couple of months ago, I learned of an educational program hosted by the Catholic Leaders Latin-American Academy on the International Social Doctrine of the Church called Feminism, Gender and Catholic Identity. The theme stemmed from an invitation from Pope Francis to present a proposal for a new Christian Feminism to analyze the philosophical and…
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April 2nd, 2020

¿Qué sentido tiene que se queden las mujeres en la iglesia católica?

Hace un año exactamente tuve la oportunidad de darle vida al proyecto de Women’s Ordination Conference, Escuchando a las Mujeres (EALM); una iniciativa que buscaba recopilar las experiencias de las Latinas dentro de la iglesia católicas en los EE. UU. Cuando vi la vacante, pensé que era la respuesta a la pregunta que tantas veces…
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