Blair Dodges Fresh Air

Listen to Terry Gross interview Bishop Blair and then read Religion Made Me Fat. http://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/

This is the bishop the Vatican appointed to reorganize the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. This group of women religious have been told they are doctrinally out of line with the teaching of the Catholic Church and are now fully under the direction of the male hierarchical leaders.

Bishop Blair is asked about issues such as women's equality in the church, birth control, homosexuality and more, but consistently appeals to "faith in God" and the "direct teachings from God"  in answer to the interview questions. There is no reasonable engagement of these contemporary questions.

If this conversation frustrates you or causes you to wonder about  faith assertions inserted into the  domain of public policy, as well as evaluate the worth of women and others, then read Religion Made Me Fat.