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Vatican’s use of term ‘radical feminist’ says more about cardinals than nuns they rebuke

June 7, 2012 By Lisa Miller

It surprises me a little that the men who run things at the Vatican did not use their most favorite recent pejorative – “feminist” — when they rapped the knuckles of Margaret Farley, a nun who has long been a professor at Yale, for having written a book about sex and love that condones masturbation (and as […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: feminism, Lisa Miller, radical feminism, Vatican

After Vatican’s rebuke of nuns, time to hear Mary’s voice

April 26, 2012 By Lisa Miller

Imagine the fury of the men of Galilee when a young, unmarried girl showed up in their village pregnant. They must have talked about punishments. Stoning — a legitimate penalty, condoned by Deuteronomy — would have been appropriate, although the more compassionate among them might have suggested something gentler: ostracism or banishment. If the girl […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: Joseph, Lisa Miller, Mary, Vatican

Belgium Bucks the Vatican

July 1, 2010 By Lisa Miller

The Vatican has clearly stated that when investigating cases of sex abuse, “civil law concerning the reporting of crimes to the appropriate authorities should always be followed.” History shows, however, that such cooperation is not always the norm. For more than a thousand years in Europe, church and state were rarely separate. The Vatican has […]

Filed Under: Newsweek Tagged With: Belgium, Lisa Miller, sex abuse, Vatican

The Catholic Church Attacks Nuns

May 27, 2010 By Lisa Miller

Earlier this month, in something of a surprise, a nun at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix was excommunicated for approving a first-trimester abortion last year at that hospital to save the life of a critically ill patient. “An unborn child is not a disease,” said Bishop Thomas Olmsted of the Phoenix diocese. “While medical professionals […]

Filed Under: BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, Newsweek Tagged With: Abortion, Bishop Thomas Olmsted, first trimester abortion, Lisa Miller, orthodox theology, phoenix diocese, religious sisters, second Vatican council, theology, Vatican, Vatican II

NBC Nightly News Interviews Lisa: “The Birth Control Pill and Catholics”

May 6, 2010 By Lisa Miller

On May 5th, 2010, Lisa appeared on NBC’s “Nightly News” to discuss the Vatican, Catholicism and birth control. Visit MSNBC or view the segment below.

Filed Under: Appearances and Media, Video Tagged With: Lisa Miller, MSNBC, NBC Nightly News, Vatican

Catholic Bishops Get It Right on Immigration

April 29, 2010 By Lisa Miller

Let’s hear it for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. I’m not even remotely joking. Catholic bishops, both in the U.S. and abroad, have taken a justified beating in the press of late (including in this magazine) over their defensive and self-serving efforts to explain the Vatican hierarchy’s role in the sex-abuse crisis that […]

Filed Under: BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, Newsweek Tagged With: Arizona, Cardinal Rogers Mahony, Conference of Catholic Bishops, immigration, Jan Brewer, Lisa Miller, S.B. 1070, Vatican

The Troubled Future of Catholic Celibacy

April 8, 2010 By Lisa Miller

In 1998 a Roman Catholic nun named Marie McDonald wrote a brief and painful summary of her concerns to her colleagues and superiors. It was labeled “strictly confidential.” She was worried, she said, about the sexual abuse of nuns by Roman Catholic priests in Africa. The memo—titled “The Problem of the Sexual Abuse of African […]

Filed Under: BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, Newsweek Tagged With: Joaquin Navarro Valls, Lisa Miller, Marie McDonald, National Catholic Reporter, Roman Catholic priests, Vatican

NBC Nightly News Interviews Lisa: Vatican Scandals

April 5, 2010 By Lisa Miller

On April 4nd. 2010, Lisa appeared on NBC’s “Nightly News” to discuss recent scandals and the Vatican’s response. Visit MSNBC or view the segment below.

Filed Under: Appearances and Media, Video Tagged With: Lisa Miller, MSNBC, NBC Nightly News, second Vatican council, Vatican

A Women’s Place is in the Church

April 3, 2010 By Lisa Miller

Here they are, the members of history’s oldest and most elite all-male club, trying to manage what began as a domestic crisis. For decades, priests in America, Europe, Ireland, Brazil (and God knows where else) abused—raped or otherwise molested—children and teenagers not in the frescoed halls of the Vatican but in their own backyards: on […]

Filed Under: BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, Newsweek Tagged With: Lisa Miller, Vatican

Lisa and the Young Turks Discuss the Vatican Scandals

March 31, 2010 By Lisa Miller

Lisa joins the Young Turks to discuss the most recent Vatican scandals:

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Vatican

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About Lisa Miller

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Lisa Miller is a staff writer at New York magazine. She is the former religion columnist for the Washington Post, former senior editor of Newsweek magazine, and author of "Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife."

In 2014, Lisa Miller was nominated for the National Magazine Award and featured in Best Magazine Writing of 2014.

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