WEST VIRGINIA
The Charleston Gazette
By Paul J. Nyden
The Charleston Gazette
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Pat Hussey and Barbara Ferraro, former Roman Catholic nuns who lived in Charleston for many years, criticized Pope Benedict XVI for launching a crackdown on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
LCWR is a group of organizations that represents 80 percent of the 55,000 Catholic nuns in the United States.
On Wednesday, Pope Benedict released a document criticizing LCWR for focusing too much on efforts to eliminate poverty and economic injustice. The Pope also attacked the group’s failures to speak out strongly against allowing women to become priests, abortion and gay marriage.
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