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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHell hath no fury like a pissed-off nun
By Manya A. Brachear, Chicago Tribune reporter
8:45 p.m. CDT, June 20, 2012
Tired of being pushed to the proverbial back of the bus by Roman Catholic leaders, a group of American nuns rolled into Chicago on its own set of wheels Wednesday to protest proposed federal budget cuts and spotlight the work their sisters do to help the nation's poor.
The Nuns on the Bus stopped at Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh's Fox Lake headquarters to scold Walsh for voting on a House budget that the sisters say threatens to hurt the people they serve.
On Thursday the nuns will stop at Mercy Housing Lakefront in the Englewood neighborhood, a low-income housing development for the homeless sponsored by nine women's religious orders.
Network, a Roman Catholic lobby based in Washington, unveiled its road map shortly after the Vatican scolded America's women's religious communities for not placing enough emphasis on church teachings on abortion and the questions surrounding euthanasia. ..............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-nuns-on-the-bus-20120620,0,6749099.story
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Hell hath no fury like a pissed-off nun (Original Post)
marmar
Jun 2012
OP
I am hoping that they will separate into another Catholic faction with their own Churches.
glinda
Jun 2012
#4
Yea, but just remember God is a male bipod that looks like us, except for the invisible part.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2012
#5
hlthe2b
(102,579 posts)1. So much admiration for these nuns... I wish they would clear out the Vatican...
and install some of these wonderful nuns there to fully take over the Catholic Church.... (I can dream....)
glinda
(14,807 posts)4. I am hoping that they will separate into another Catholic faction with their own Churches.
Would think attendance would skyrocket.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)2. They are in Detroit Saturday at 1:00 and I plan to attend.
I'll let you know how it goes.
*Edit to add* They have added the location of the event since the last time I looked, almost in my backyard. Just 2 exits down I-94 for me to get there. Hell, I went farther to see Santorum.
11148 Harper Ave., Detroit, MI
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)3. Go Sisters!
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)5. Yea, but just remember God is a male bipod that looks like us, except for the invisible part.
longship
(40,416 posts)6. This is a wonderful story
I have friends who live in Detroit. I am going to forward this to them. (BTW, I am a native Detroiter, Cooley High alumnus 1966).
R&
Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)7. K&R
rocktivity
(44,588 posts)8. How's that war on women-y thing working for ya, Rethugs?
rocktivity