Published on The Galactic Free Press (//soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress)

Home > After blistering Vatican report, nuns gather to weigh response

After blistering Vatican report, nuns gather to weigh response [1]

Rain's picture

Submitted by Rain on

NBC News
By Becky Bratu, August 7, 2012

David Goldman/AP

Princess Wilson, center, joins a demonstration in support of U.S. Catholic nuns outside the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' biannual meeting on June 13, 2012, in Atlanta.

American nuns are gathering in St. Louis, Mo., this week for their organization's yearly national assembly, where they are expected to discuss the future of their relationship with the Vatican following scathing criticism of the nuns' alleged lack of fidelity to Catholic teachings.

This spring, after a three-year investigation, the Vatican's doctrinal watchdog issued a report questioning the organization's loyalty to some Church teachings, including the nuns' lack of outspokenness on issues such as gay marriage, abortion and contraception. Another concern voiced by the Vatican relates to conferences organized by the nuns featuring "a prevalence of certain radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith."

To read the rest of this story, visit USNews.NBCNews.com. [2]

Source URL: //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/after-blistering-vatican-report-nuns-gather-weigh-response

Links
[1] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/after-blistering-vatican-report-nuns-gather-weigh-response
[2] http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/07/13162177-after-blistering-vatican-report-nuns-gather-to-weigh-response?lite