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As someone who was both educated at a Jesuit university and taught at same university, I actually have a pretty good grasp of Catholic teachings. I donate (I admit, partly out of spite, but only partly) to a pro-choice Catholic organization and receive and regularly read two liberal Catholic publications.
I understand that recently, with the appointment of a Pope even more conservative than John Paul II, the Vatican has been tightening the reins over Catholic media publications, beginning with forcing out the managing editor of the Jesuit publication America for, among other things, publishing an essay criticizing the bishops for excommunicating politicians who vote in line with the Vatican instead of voting their consciences on abortion...as well as articles that discuss gay priests and explore the arguments for permitting condom use to prevent the spread of AIDS in developing countries. I suspect that if such media control is pervasive, Vatican-approved magazines for young women are more likely to focus on abstinence and submission...and maybe social justice, too, as long as they let the boys be in charge. Oh, and as long as they trust their future husbands to keep it in their pants and not come down with anything nasty that could be passed to them in the sacred act of procreation, since they've decreed that there's no social justice in using condoms.
