DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Catholic News Service
By Ezra Fieser
Catholic News Service
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNS) — The decision to take over leadership of the largest U.S. group of Catholic nuns for its “serious doctrinal problems” was not the first time the Vatican reined in a group of religious.
Two decades ago, the Vatican appointed a bishop to oversee the work of the Latin American Confederation of Religious, known by its Spanish acronym as CLAR. At the time, the confederation represented 160,000 men and women religious in the region.
“It was a very difficult moment for the confederation,” said Father Gabriel Naranjo Salazar, a Vincentian priest involved in CLAR at the time and who is now secretary-general of the organization.
“It was not only difficult because it affected the (CLAR’s) ecclesial independence and its mentality, but also because it seemed completely unjustified,” Father Naranjo told Catholic News Service in mid-April.
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