ST. LOUIS (MO)
Washington Post
Nun leaders believe most sisters don’t want to submit to Vatican oversight
By Michelle Boorstein
Early reports on this week’s meeting of the country’s largest group of Catholic nuns show the women are in for an intense few days.
Executives of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious reportedly believe most members — who make up 80 percent of U.S. nuns — do not want to submit to a proposed Vatican takeover of their group. Regional meetings around the country this summer seem to show most women “do not ‘necessarily’ need to be part of formal church structures,” said a report in the National Catholic Reporter Tuesday, as the meeting in St. Louis began.
The sisters this week are considering how to respond to a Vatican plan to “reform” the Silver Spring, Md.-based organization, which bishops say is straying too far from official doctrine on things like the possibility of women priests and not focusing enough on abortion and traditional marriage.
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