Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAre Americans in Rome behind the nuns crackdown?
Are Americans in Rome behind the nuns crackdown?
By David Gibson| Religion News Service, Published: May 4
When the Vatican last month announced a doctrinal crackdown on the leadership organization representing most of the 57,000 nuns in the U.S., the sisters said they were stunned by the move. Many American Catholics, meanwhile, were angry at what they saw as Rome bullying women whose lives of service have endeared them to the public.
Vatican watchers also were perplexed since a broader, parallel investigation of womens religious orders in the U.S. was resolved amicably after an initial clash. That seemed to augur a more diplomatic approach by the Vatican to concerns that American nuns were not sufficiently orthodox.
Now it turns out that conservative American churchmen living in Rome including disgraced former Boston Cardinal Bernard Law were key players in pushing the hostile takeover of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, or LCWR, which they have long viewed with suspicion for emphasizing social justice work over loyalty to the hierarchy and issues like abortion and gay marriage.
Vatican observers in Rome and church sources in the U.S. say Law was the person in Rome most forcefully supporting the LCWR investigation, as Rome correspondent Robert Mickens wrote in The Tablet, a London-based Catholic weekly. Law was the prime instigator, in the words of one American churchman, of the investigation that began in 2009 and ended in 2011. The actual crackdown was only launched in April. ................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/are-americans-in-rome-behind-the-nuns-crackdown/2012/05/04/gIQAA8m41T_story.html
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
2 replies, 914 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (8)
ReplyReply to this post
2 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Are Americans in Rome behind the nuns crackdown? (Original Post)
marmar
May 2012
OP
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)2. Ratzo has always been like this...
As far as he's concerned, the left wing clerical elements in Latin America who have been targeted by reactionary authorities and death squads all pretty much got wha they deserved (again in his view).
He was always more concerned with doctrinal purity among those serving the poor than whether they were effectively serving the poor.