Teresa Forcades, Spanish Benedictine nun, theologian, physician and political ac
tivist, is one of Europe s leading radical thinkers. Marrying her Catholic faith
with a passion for social justice, she came to prominence for her eloquent cond
emnation of the abuses of some of the world s biggest pharmaceutical companies.
She has gone on to found a leading Catalonian anti-capitalist independence movem
ent and is one of the leading voices in the world today against the injustices o
f capitalism and the patriarchy of modern society and of her own church.
