By STEVEN SPEARIE
Sister Barbara Blesse said Sartain asked to know more about LCWR, which represents more than 80 percent of the nation’s nearly 56,000 women religious. He wanted to know particularly how women religious live out their vows after Vatican II, the ecumenical conference nearly 50 years ago that is credited with modernizing the church, she said.
She said Sartain also gave the LCWR a set of questions it must address, although she didn't know what form of response it might take….
The local nuns said there continue to be misperceptions about LCWR and about presentations from LCWR assemblies that were taken out of context. The CDF assessment particularly cited a 2007 speech by Sister Laurie Brink, a Sinsinawa Dominican, who talked about some religious “moving beyond the church or even beyond Jesus.”
The LCWR "isn't meant to be a teaching organization," said Riley, but rather to help women religious focus on leading in a more collaborative manner.
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