New leadership for LCWR

New leadership for LCWR – The nation’s largest group of religious sisters welcomed a new leader and said goodbye to another Friday. The NCR writes the following….The Leadership Conference of Women Religious held its transfer of leadership Friday afternoon,...

Cardinal affirms lack of consultation

Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, head of the Vatican’s Congregation for Religious,  has dismissed claims from the Vatican that remarks he made to NCR about a controversial 2012 criticism of U.S. Catholic sisters were misinterpreted, saying he backs NCR’s report...

Cardinal kept out of loop on LCWR

The NCR reports candid remarks of Cardinal to 800+ leaders of women’s communities gathered in Rome… “The controversial Vatican decision last year to place the main representative group of U.S. Catholic sisters under the control of bishops was made...