Bonavoglia examines the modern Catholic Church and women that are making great strides to change the woman's role in the church. This book highlights a number of different women and the actions they have taken in an attempt to influence the Church's hierarchy to be more inclusive and accepting of women in significant Church roles. It also emphasizes the multitude of examples where women have been blatently excluded and discouraged, if not prevented, from taking a more active role in the Church. Topics addressed include the Church's position and reaction to pedophilia, rape, contraceptives, abortion, sex, and women's ordination.

What had potential to be a stirring and thought provoking book turned into a chore to read. I found the writing to be disjointed and personal stories slammed into the middle of some fact and some author opinion. What this book was able to do was highlight some of the actions of the Church that are truly disappointing revelations in today's modern age. However, the impact of these revelations was lost in the boring writing surrounding them. The epilogue is the only part of the book that really flows and stirs some emotion. But for the last two pages of the book I would have rated it with 1 star only.

Good Catholic Girls is a beautifully written book based on views held by a wide spectrum of catholic women. It is especially interesting to pay attention to where Catholicism is growing the fastest, especially in Africa. DISCIPLES OF FORTUNE mirrored some of the paths taken to reconcile the Church's role in the complicated worlds of the faithful.