by Maureen Fiedler
The lead segment on the radio program, Interfaith Voices, this week looks at the Vatican investigations of American nuns, both the “apostolic visitation” and the “doctrinal assessment” of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR).
Guests include Kevin Eckstrom, editor of Religion News Service, who acknowledges that we don’t know the deep reasons behind the probes, but lays out what we do know, and offers his conjectures about the future. He is followed by an exchange between conservative Ann Carey, author of Sisters in Crisis: The Tragic Unraveling of Women’s Religious Communities, and Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister, former president of LCWR, prolific author of 40 plus books on spirituality, and regular columnist with NCR. It’s a polite conversation, with lots of feeling!
Here’s the link to listen on line.
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