By rgues that the Catholic Church must confront its own injuries in order to credibly be the Church. Using a feminist framework, develops a new ecclesiology around three wounds, racism, sexism, and clericalism, that actively harm the Body of Christ and distort its witness.
Attentive to history, pastoral practice, and lived experience, shows how each wound is both inflicted by the Church and borne within the Church. Offers the resurrected body of Jesus, scarred yet no longer bleeding, as a guiding metaphor for ecclesial renewal, a body that does not deny its wounds but is transformed through them. Drawing on Karl Rahner, grounds hope in the reign of God while insisting on concrete institutional and spiritual conversion. Uncovers overlooked histories tied to racism, sexism, and the clergy sexual abuse crisis, and proposes clear theological principles for reform. Read more.