1.0Religion & Ethics NewsWeeklyhttps://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethicscomerjhttps://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/author/comerj/February 29, 2008 ~ Mary Gordon | February 29, 2008 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBSrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ca19QcDE89"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2008/02/29/february-29-2008-mary-gordon/3662/"> Mary Gordon</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2008/02/29/february-29-2008-mary-gordon/3662/embed/#?secret=ca19QcDE89" width="600" height="338" title="“ Mary Gordon” — Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly" data-secret="ca19QcDE89" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/files/2007/10/thumbnail.jpg200100Mary Gordon is a novelist, essayist, and English professor at Barnard College in New York whose new book is called CIRCLING MY MOTHER. It's a memoir of Gordon's late mother and of the Catholic Church in which she was raised. Gordon is an outspoken critic of the church as an institution. At the same time, she remains strongly committed to her Catholic faith.