http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126985072
Essentially, a nun was excommunicated because she chose to save the life of the mother at a Catholic hospital instead of allowing her to die as a result of her pregnancy. Meanwhile, no pedophile priests have been excommunicated.
I thought this was an appropriate merryfuckingchristmas story because it ties in so well with the true meaning of the christian holiday that celebrates the birth of jesus and some other bogus crap. Even after all these years, christianity's patriarchal ways continue. Mary was chosen without consent to conceive a child for god, our father. And, as this article shows, christian women continue to lack agency.
Well, I say let's
