Analysis

What does 2016 hold for US women religious?

January 7, 2016 Ann Carey 0

On the surface, news in 2015 about United States women religious appeared to be far more positive than in previous years: • The Vatican’s unprecedented apostolic visitation of women’s religious orders had concluded amicably in […]

Analysis

The LCWR Doubles Down on Dissent

August 18, 2014 Ann Carey 0

“We have been so changed that we are no longer at home in the culture and church in which we find ourselves.” This quotation from the keynote address (PDF) of Franciscan Sister Nancy Schreck to […]

Special Report

“The Biggest Distortion of All”

June 9, 2012 Ann Carey 0

Bishop Leonard Blair of Toledo has issued a letter, “Reality check: The LCWR, CDF and the doctrinal assessment” (Catholic Chronicle, June 8, 2012), responding to public “distortions and misrepresentations of the facts” related to the […]