Emma Weatherill

Emma Weatherill

Emma Weatherill is a broadcast journalist based in the UK who works for BBC Radio 4. She recently studied at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine, which enabled her to satisfy her curiosity about historical neurological diseases and ventriloquist dummies. Before becoming a radio journalist, Emma was a harpist, and she's waiting for an opportunity to combine the two.

Sister Pat Pora advocates for undocumented immigrants in Maine.

U.S. nuns take on the Vatican

by Emma Weatherill on January 11, 2012


Many nuns in America have become strident activists, even taking on controversial issues like gay rights and immigration. But a Cardinal's plan to rein them has sparked a backlash....