Posted on 11/04/2009 11:55:25 AM PST by Pope Pius XII
Responding to “many news reports” and “various inquiries” about the apostolic visitation of institutes of women religious in the United States, Cardinal Franc Rodé, prefect of the Congregation of Institutes of Religious, released an English-language statement on November 3. He said that the visitation’s purposes are to “encourage vocations and assure a better future for women religious” and “promote the Catholic identity and vibrancy of life of women religious.”
“For many years,” he said, “this dicastery had been listening to concerns expressed by American Catholics-- religious, laity, clergy and hierarchy-- about the welfare of religious women and consecrated life in general, and had been considering an Apostolic Visitation as a means to assess and constructively address these concerns.”
Cardinal Rodé revealed he moved forward with the plans for an apostolic visitation following his participation in a 2008 conference on religious life at Stonehill College in Massachusetts. During the congress, he analyzed trends in religious life, concluding, “I am convinced that if we adhere to what John Paul II taught us yesterday and what Benedict is teaching us today, we will emerge from the crisis of consecrated life into a new springtime of renewal in consecrated life in America.”
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He should have also mentioned the fact that a particular nun has been volunteering at an abortion mill in Chicago.
***He should have also mentioned the fact that a particular nun has been volunteering at an abortion mill in Chicago.***
Perhaps he’ll serve her with the excommunication and eviction notices.
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