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...supporting the ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church, Sister Joan Chittister is a prophet for our times [RELIGION, Aug. 20]. The Vatican's attempts to suppress discussion of women serving as priests and to silence those who favor it are not only a violation of the church's own social-justice teachings; these attempts are also likely to backfire (think Galileo and Martin Luther). In addition, at a time of a growing, worldwide shortage of priests (only 400 were ordained in the U.S. this year), such a ban is shortsighted. I am grateful that Sister Joan...
...Sister Joan is just another horn blower with a bunch of blind mice following her. JOSEPH A. TOFFANELLO Tinley Park...
...Sister Joan and her community may disregard their vows by defying church authority and church teaching, but rebellious groups like theirs are slowly dying. Most of their members are at or near retirement age, and their orders are simply not attracting new members. In contrast, those orders loyal to the church's teachings are growing. What's more, the newer Catholic religious orders, both female and male, are invariably orthodox, faithful to the church and thriving. Also, those Catholic dioceses loyal to the church are attracting seminarians. RON BRUNOEHLER Mendota...
...Given the grim statistics and unpredictability facing cancer patients, of course, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to establish a direct cause and effect relationship between Courtney?s alleged criminal activity and a specific death. But, says Dr. Joan Bull, professor and director of medical oncology at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, it should not be difficult to show that Courtney inflicted harm: "These patients were going through their therapy, assuming they were getting the right dose, and all the time they weren?t getting an anti-tumor response...
...Joan Chittister might seem an unlikely type to defy the Pope, let alone get away with it. Her dress is sensible, her voice matter-of-fact bordering on clarion, its timbre reminiscent of the kind of sister who for better or worse acquainted generations of parochial schoolers with Catholic discipline. But the liberal church activists who came to hear Chittister speak last week at a Los Angeles conference knew better. They were aware that Sister Joan, her vows notwithstanding, is a longtime feminist firebrand in the midst of a daring gambit. "If Scripture has nothing at all to say about...