{"id":5372,"date":"2012-04-20T09:09:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T16:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/?p=5372"},"modified":"2012-04-20T09:24:42","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T16:24:42","slug":"vatican-blasts-american-nuns-calls-for-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/vatican-blasts-american-nuns-calls-for-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican blasts American nuns, calls for reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of the changes to come include a revision of the LCWR statutes, a review of programs including their annual general assembly, and a review of their ties with Network and Resource Center for Religious Institutes.<\/em> – CNN News<\/p>\n[Webmaster’s Note: The Resource Center for Religious Institutes (RCRI) and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) share a small building in Silver Springs, Maryland. Rev. Dan Ward, an outcast monk from Saint John’s in Collegeville, Minnesota runs the RCRI. At least four men have come forward with accusations of misconduct by Rev. Dan Ward.View<\/a> ] <\/p>\n

Vatican blasts American nuns, calls for reforms<\/p>\n

(CNN) \u2013 The Vatican is turning up the heat on a group of nuns it says are operating outside of the Roman Catholic Church’s doctrines.<\/p>\n

The Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, the church\u2019s doctrinal watchdog, on Wednesday announced the conclusion of a years-long \u201cdoctrinal assessment\u201d investigation of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which represents 80% of the Catholic nuns in the United States.<\/p>\n

The \u201cassessment reveals serious doctrinal problems,\u201d said the report, which called for major reforms.<\/p>\n

The Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith appointed Archbishop Peter Sartain of Seattle to institute those reforms.<\/p>\n

The report singled out a Washington, DC social justice group called Network, which is run by nuns and the Resource Center for Religious Institutes, which assists members with financial and legal resources.<\/p>\n

The Vatican report, made public by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the doctrinal assessment began in part because of the group\u2019s dissent on the Holy See\u2019s teaching on the ordination of women and human sexuality. The Catholic Church ordains only men to be priests and says sex is to be reserved for between a man and woman who are married in the eyes of the church.<\/p>\n

The assessment said that a Leadership Conference of Women Religious conference yielded \u201cmanifest problematic statements and serious theological, even doctrinal errors,\u201d that went unchallenged. It also said the event promoted \u201cradical feminism\u201dand decried the \u201cprevalence of certain radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith in some programs and presentations sponsored by the LCWR…\u201d<\/p>\n

While the assessment praised the social justice work of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Network and the Resources Center for Religious Life, it said the groups were \u201csilent on the right to life from conception to natural death\u201d and on the Church\u2019s view on \u201cfamily life and human sexuality.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report also took note of public statements from the nuns that opposed the Catholic Bishops. The Leadership Conference of Women Religious and Network vocally disagreed with the Bishops’ conference’s position on the Affordable Care Act, which they supported and the Bishops did not.<\/p>\n

The Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith called the current doctrinal and pastoral positions of the groups \u201cgrave and a matter of serious concern,\u201d because of the global influence of the groups.<\/p>\n

Pope Benedict XVI approved the request from the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith to intervene and the implementation of their recommended changes, the doctrinal office said in its assessment.<\/p>\n

Some of the changes to come include a revision of the LCWR statutes, a review of programs including their annual general assembly, and a review of their ties with Network and Resource Center for Religious Institutes.<\/p>\n

Cardinal William Levada, a former Archbishop in the United States and now the Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, said in a statement that the the Vatican process is aimed at \u201cfostering a patient and collaborative renewal of this conference of major superiors in order to provide a stronger doctrinal foundation for its many laudable initiatives and activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sisters, for their part, expressed surprised at the findings. \u201cBecause the leadership of LCWR has the custom of meeting annually with the staff of CDF in Rome and because the conference follows canonically-approved statutes, we were taken by surprise,” the Leadership Conference of Women Religious said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“This is a moment of great import for religious life and the wider church,” the statement continued. “We ask your prayers as we meet with the LCWR National Board within the coming month to review the mandate and prepare a response.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vatican blasts American nuns, calls for reforms
\nBy Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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