Social justice issues would be harder to advance without such activism by Catholic nuns who are personally front-and-center; identified as individuals by name and face. The nuns are to be commended and emulated.

And social justice issues would be even better off if the Catholic bishops would stop hiding as a group behind press releases and position papers. They come off as cowardly, uninspired, unsure of the moral issue involved, and protective of their individual privileges of social status and relative wealth.