Sartain has spoken not a word to the Seattle Archdiocese about his Vatican assignment.
But the archbishop’s flock has spoken to him. Last year, each week in May, “Support the Sisters” demonstrators congregated on the steps of St. James Cathedral. The demonstrations included a prominent Seattle pastor as well as nuns.
A summer demonstration brought more than 400 people out, and saw nuns speak in witness to their ministry.
The nuns want to take their case to the very top — Pope Francis. “It could be helpful if Pope Francis were willing to sit down with the LCWR leadership and listen to the concerns and inaccuracies that were made in the Doctrinal Assessment,” McDermott said. “The story needs to be told and the leadership of our church need to receive it. Whether they’ll agree with it, I don’t know
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