Can You Be a Catholic and a Feminist? - Hardcoverby Julie Hanlon Rubio (Author) An eminent theologian addresses an enduring but newly urgent question Is it possible to be both a faithful Catholic and an avowed feminist? Earlier generations of feminists first formulated answers to this question in the 1970s. Their views are still broadly held, but with increasing tentativeness and a growing sense of their inadequacy. Even now, Catholic women and men still say, "It's my Church and I'm not leaving,"