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Patricia Miller

Patricia Miller an award-winning author and journalist who writes about issues at the intersection of religion, sex and politics. She is the author of Good Catholics: The Battle over Abortion in the Catholic Church and her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Salon, The Nation, and Huffington Post.

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Silence of the Nuns — Oscar Darling 'Conclave' Contains Subtle Indictment of Catholic Church's Views on Women

Please note: The following article contains some spoilers. There are many pleasures for students of the Catholic Church in Conclave —which recently received eight Oscar nominations—from the glimpses…
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Women are (Still) Fleeing the Church — And the Cause is (Still) Pretty Clear

Eight years ago here at RD I noted that women were fleeing organized religion —as measured by attendance at religious services—faster than men, a trend that showed no sign of letting up. Historically…
Patricia Miller
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George Weigel's Revisionist History Casts Vatican II as a Christian Nationalist Handbook

The upcoming 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, better known as Vatican II, will produce lots of hot takes on the famous mid-twentieth century gathering of the Catholic hierarchy. Most…
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