30 Years After John Paul II’s ‘New Feminism,’ Catholic Debate Heats Up

30 Years After John Paul II’s ‘New Feminism,’ Catholic Debate Heats Up

University of Notre Dame professor Abigail Favale speaks at ‘True Genius: The Mission of Women in Church and Culture’ conference, held March 26-28 on the Notre Dame campus. And with a new generation of young Catholic women attempting to navigate a society increasingly marked by both radical feminism on the one hand and a reactionary ‘manosphere’ on the other, it’s a debate in which the stakes are also undeniably high.