Do they really think they can be of help to the aging religious by joining a secular “death squad” that supports the slaughter of babies? Nuns, or anyone else, who advocate abortion are no longer Catholics. For shame. I hope the Vatican has the strength of purpose to deal with this sternly. (Oh, dear. I realize I am starting to sound like Sister Monica, who was my second grade teacher, and who has to be rolling over in her grave at this turn toward the dark side so many Sisters appear to have taken.)
It is just a guess, but I bet the leadership inviting Roberts is dominated by aging Boomers who are still trying to live out being The Wild Ones with the rest of our generation. I ( a convert) have noticed from reading the blog of the Anchoress that the younger generation of nuns in growing groups around the country seem to be more conservative and more deliberately Catholic, so the Vatican’s task in dealing with the American nuns could be complicated. The solution for a patient Church could be simple though: wait and let the Boomer generation die out while encouraging the support of deliberately Catholic and faithful communities. Time has been a good companion to the Church over the centuries on its journey. We appear and disappear, and the Church travels on.