https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/16/the-best-choice-for-pope-a-nun/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 07:21:31 -0400<![CDATA[More than any other group in the church, the sisters have been at the heart of its work on behalf of compassion and justice. Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times made this point as powerfully as anyone in a 2010 column. “In my travels around the world, I encounter two Catholic Churches,” he wrote. “One is the rigid all-male Vatican hierarchy that seems out of touch. . . . Yet there’s another Catholic Church as well, one I admire intensely. This is the grass-roots Catholic Church that does far more good in the world than it ever gets credit for. This is the church that supports extraordinary aid organizations like Catholic Relief Services and Caritas, saving lives every day, and that operates superb schools that provide needy children an escalator out of poverty.” &#8230;]]>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:30:43 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/16/the-best-choice-for-pope-a-nun-n100178