Sacred Heart Sr. Kathleen Hughes sat surrounded by men in a library at the Vatican. On the bookshelves were rows of binders marked with the brand name “Resisto,” which she noted with a raised eyebrow. How could they possibly make any progress discussing inclusive language in such a room? Especially when the representative from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith kept referring to “the angry, irritated and resentful women of the U.S.”? There he went again: “The angry, irritated and resentful women of the U.S. are trying to change the gender of God.”

“Does God have a gender?” she burst out.

So begins an article on Kathleen Hughes in the February 25 issue of the National Catholic Reporter by St. Louis freelance writer Jeannette Cooperman.

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