January 11, 2013

Roman Catholic Women Priests; Prisons for Profit

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January 11, 2013 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

Premiered January 11, 2013

January 11, 2013

We talk to Roman Catholic women priests, visit the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola to ask about the ethics of prisons for profit, and watch the whirling dervishes of Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam.

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Is it ethical to incarcerate people in order to make money?

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Prisons for Profit

More than 100 women have been ordained without the church’s sanction.

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Roman Catholic Women Priests

The dancing of whirling dervishes servers as a "spiritual offering."

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Sufi Whirling Dervishes

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