In April, the Vatican announced that three American bishops (one archbishop and two bishops) would be sent to oversee the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, a member organization founded in 1956 that represents 80 percent of Catholic sisters in the United States, to get them to conform with the teachings of the Church.
On July 17, 2012, Sister Pat Farrell, LCWR president, told Terry Gross, host of Fresh Air on National Public Radio, that the leadership organization is currently gathering the perspectives of all of its members in preparation for its national assembly in August.
An American Nun Responds to Vatican Criticism, Fresh Air, National Public Radio, July 17, 2012
