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Pope Francis supports crackdown on US Nuns

Monday, April 15, 2013 13:01

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Pope Francis supports crackdown on US Nuns

By NICOLE WINFIELD | Associated Press

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Associated
Press/Gregorio Borgia – Pope Francis celebrates a Mass in St. Paul Outside the
Walls Basilica in Rome, Sunday, April 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

VATICAN CITY (AP) —

The Vatican
said Monday that Pope
Francis supports the Holy See’s

crackdown on the largest umbrella group of U.S.
nuns, dimming hopes

that a Jesuit pope whose emphasis on the poor
mirrored the nuns’ own

social outreach would take a different approach
than his predecessor.

The Vatican last year
imposed an overhaul of the Leadership
Conference

of Women Religious after determining the sisters took positions
that undermined

Catholic
teaching on the priesthood and homosexuality while promoting “radical

feminist themes incompatible
with the Catholic faith.” Investigators praised
the

nuns’ humanitarian work, but accused them of
ignoring critical issues, including

fighting abortion.

On Monday, the heads of
the conference met with the prefect of the

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Gerhard Mueller,

who is in charge of the crackdown. It was their
first meeting since Mueller

was appointed in July.

In a statement,
Mueller’s office said he told the sisters that he had discussed

the matter recently with
Francis and
that the pope had “reaffirmed the findings

of the assessment and the program of
reform.”

The conference, for its
part, said the talks were “open and frank,” and noted

that Mueller had informed them of Francis’ decision.

“We pray that these
conversations may bear fruit for the good of the Church,”

the conference said on its website.

The Vatican crackdown
unleashed a wave of popular support for the sisters,

including parish vigils, protests outside the
Vatican’s embassy in Washington,

D.C., and a U.S. Congressional resolution
commending the sisters for their

service to the country.

Following Francis’
election, several sisters had expressed hope that a Jesuit

pope devoted to the poor and stressing a message
of mercy rather than

condemnation would take a gentler approach than
his predecessor, Benedict

XVI. Francis has called for a more
“tender” church and one that serves
society’s

poorest — precisely a message
American sisters have stressed in their ministry

in
hospitals, hospices, soup kitchens and schools that serve some of the most
marginalized in the U.S.

As part of the reform,
the Vatican appointed Seattle
Archbishop Peter Sartain

and two other bishops to oversee a rewriting of
the conference’s statutes, to

review its plans and programs, approve speakers
and ensure the group properly

follows Catholic prayer and
ritual. The conference represents about 57,000 sisters,

or 80 percent of U.S. nuns.

The Leadership Conference
has argued that the Vatican reached “flawed”

conclusions based on “unsubstantiated
accusations.” The group’s officers

have said they would participate in discussions
with Sartain “as long as possible”

but vowed they would not
compromise their group’s mission.

Dwell in possibility. ~ Emily
Dickinson

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