Femicide Femicide Femicide or feminicide is a sex-based hate crime term, broadly defined as "the intentional killing of females (women or girls) because they are females", though definitions vary depending on the cultural context. Feminist author Diana E. H. Russell was the first person to define and disseminate this term in 1976. She defines the word as "the killing of females by males because they are female." Other feminists place emphasis on the intention or purpose of the act being directed at females specifically because they are female; others include the killing of females by females. Often, the necessity of defining
Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice Raymond E. Brown, S.S., whose fame goes well beyond Catholic circles. The 2012 "Annuario Pontificio" gave 293 as the number of priest members as of 31 December 2010. Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice The Society of the Priests of Saint-Sulpice ("Society of Saint-Sulpice", ; ) is a society of apostolic life of the Catholic Church named for the Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, in turn named for Sulpitius the Pious, where they were founded. Typically, priests become members of the Society of the Priests of St. Sulpice only after ordination and some years of pastoral work. The purpose of