Into the Truth

What is a Woman? And what is a Person? Why Feminists are coming to Catholic conclusions | Ep32

Into the Truth

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'The question what is a woman rests on a prior question which is what is a person?' This week, we have a great guest with us, Dominican sister Sr Carino Hodder OP, author of the new book, 'The Dignity of Women in the Modern World'!In this episode, Piero and Sr Carino explore her conversion from new atheism and her journey to becoming a nun, why a feminism that asks women to be like men doesn't work, St Pope John Paul II's call for women to create a new feminism and why feminists are coming to catholic conclusions. In the book, Sr Carino invites us to look directly at woman in the light of God and find her true meaning, offering an inspired and inspiring understanding of woman’s nature and mission as virgin, bride, and mother, shaped by the nature and mission of the Church herself, the Bride of Christ.You can get the book here: https://www.ctsbooks.org/product/the-dignity-of-women-in-the-modern-world/

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