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Second in a Series — Bishops Investigating US Nuns Have Poor Records on Sex Abuse Cases
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Catholic Bishops, church reform, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Religious Women, Vatican, Voice of the Faithful on January 7, 2013
This is the second in a series of articles, being jointly reported by NCR and GlobalPost.com, that examines the background and the principal players in the Vatican’s investigations of U.S. women religious.
Bishops Investigating US Nuns Have Poor Records on Sex Abuse Cases
From its palace in Vatican City, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith monitors compliance with Roman Catholic moral teaching and matters of dogma for the oldest church in Christendom. These issues have little bearing on most of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. Faith, for them, rests in parish life and the quality of their pastors. In the 1980s, for example, when the congregation punished theologians who dissented from the papal ban on artificial birth control, the majority of Catholics who believe contraception is morally acceptable did not change their opinion … ” By Jason Berry in National Catholic Reporter
Click here to read the first article in this series, which appeared in GlobalPost.com.
2013 approaches. Where is the Church heading?
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in church reform, Vatican, Voice of the Faithful on December 20, 2012
Reconciling the Passions of the Members of the Church
The news is filled recently with stories of longtime, loyal Catholics being told the beliefs they have arrived at through experience and reflection are not good enough … If the church were to ban all its leaders — ordained and non-ordained — who didn’t follow all the teachings espoused by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and by all its local bishops, I wonder how many leaders would be left in a church that is already seeing declining ordained leadership? I wonder how many more followers would throw their hands up and realize this church doesn’t represent their beliefs?” By Mike Sweitzer-Beckman, National Catholic Reporter
Bishops Investigating U.S. Nuns Have Poor Records on Sex Abuse Cases / GlobalPost
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Catholic Bishops, Vatican, Voice of the Faithful on December 19, 2012
Cardinals and bishops involved in the LCWR (Leadership Conference of Women Religious) investigation have suffered no discipline for their blunders in their handling of clergy pedophiles, according to news reports and legal documents …” By Jason Berry in GlobalPost.com
Nun Responds to Vatican’s Rebuke with Music
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Religious Women, Voice of the Faithful on December 3, 2012
Nun Uses Music to Convey Spirited Message Against the Vatican’s Rebuke
“Last spring, when the Vatican issued a harsh assessment of the group representing a majority of American nuns accusing them of “serious doctrinal problems,” Sister Kathy Sherman, 60, said she responded the way she always does when she feels something deeply. She wrote a song.” By Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times
Message from LCWR Assembly: No Compromise on Mission
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Religious Women, Uncategorized, Voice of the Faithful on August 11, 2012
LCWR Will Continue Dialogue, But Not Compromise on Mission
(Aug. 10, 2012) The organization which represents the majority of U.S. Catholic sisters said Friday afternoon it would continue discussions with church officials regarding a Vatican-ordered takeover, but “will reconsider” if it “is forced to compromise the integrity of its mission.” By Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter
Leadership Conference of Women Religious Decides Next Steps in Responding to CDf Report — LCWR press release at 2012 Assembly in St. Louis, Aug. 10, 2012
Nuns Meet to Weigh Reply to Vatican – NYTimes.com
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Religious Women, Voice of the Faithful on August 9, 2012
“With their leaders saying that they stand at a historic crossroads, more than 900 Roman Catholic nuns have gathered here for a four-day meeting to decide how to respond to a biting Vatican assessment that cast them as disobedient dissenters and ordered three American bishops to overhaul the nuns’ organization, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.” Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times, Aug. 8, 2012
More than a hint of hypocrisy | National Catholic Reporter
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Catholic Bishops, Clergy, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Vatican, Voice of the Faithful on August 1, 2012
“While the bishops view the nuns as in need of supervision and have accused the nuns of ‘betraying core values of the church’ and causing ‘scandal to the faithful,’ Gross (Terry Gross, host of National Public Radio’s program Fresh Air) asked if there wasn’t a bit of hypocrisy in those allegations, if the same charges might apply to ‘the institutional church that appears not able to reform itself and to be in the need of outside supervision.'”
An American Nun Responds to Vatican Criticism
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Vatican, Voice of the Faithful on July 18, 2012
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
Vatican official warns of ‘dialogue of the deaf’ with LCWR | National Catholic Reporter
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Uncategorized, Vatican, Voice of the Faithful on June 13, 2012
In this National Catholic Reporter story, reporter Cardinal William Levada, Prefect for the Vatican’s Congregation for the of the Faith, warns what might take place if discussion with the nuns turns into a “dialogue of the deaf,” the deaf being the nuns.
Vatican official warns of ‘dialogue of the deaf’ with LCWR | National Catholic Reporter.
U.S. sisters: Vatican order has caused ‘scandal and pain’ | National Catholic Reporter
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Catholic Dissent, Voice of the Faithful on June 1, 2012
From National Catholic Reporter comes an indication of how things might go between U.S. nuns and the Vatican regarding the latter’s mandate for reform of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
Here is NCR’s story:
U.S. sisters: Vatican order has caused ‘scandal and pain’
And here is LCWR’s statement following its board meeting May 29-31:
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