Catholic Badasses

This is an ode to nuns.

Nuns have been all over the news lately. Mostly as the target of Vatican condemnation. Aside from the sister that wrote "Just Love," the Vatican has also been upset recently that nuns aren't focusing on fighting birth control and homosexuality.

So here's why I love nuns.

Nuns give up everything to be nuns. Priests and other clergymen get to keep all their things and they get power and an audience as well. It seems that the higher up you get, the more you get. Which is similar to any business, in their defense. But nuns decide that they're going to give up all their worldly possessions to live how they think God/Jesus wants them to. Or whatever their reasoning is. But they don't want anything back for it. They don't get power, they don't get paid, and for the most part they don't get any recognition. They just do what they do cause they think it's the right thing. And that is badass.

Nuns do good things. Now, for the most part, I don't really know all that much about nuns. But it seems that their response to the Vatican saying they don't focus on birth control and homosexuality enough is, "Sorry, Popey-pope, too busy takin' care of the sick and needy. We'll let ya know when they're all taken care of and then we'll focus on the more frivolous things." Or so I imagine. Which, at least in my imagination, is badass.

Nuns cover their bodies. I don't really care how nuns choose to dress, but after seeing all the Muslim women in Morocco covering their bodies and hearing their reasons why, I have a new respect for people that choose to save their physical features for God/their husband. If only America could make the connection that neither nuns nor (Moroccan) Muslim women are forced to veil themselves. That would be badass.

So there you have it - my ode to nuns. I don't particularly care for the Catholic church or it's hier(patri)archy, but as far as nuns are concerned, they are the cream of the crap to me.