Vatican Names Delegate to Reform US Women Religious Conference

Vatican Radio
April 19, 2012

http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=581061

The Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has called for reform of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) and named Archbishop Peter Sartain of Seattle as its Archbishop Delegate for the initiative.

The Archbishop Delegate’s role is to provide “review, guidance and approval, where necessary, of the work of the LCWR."

The CDF document said “the Holy See acknowledges with gratitude the great contributions of women Religious to the Church in the United States as seen particularly in the many schools, hospitals, and institutions of support for the poor which have been founded and staffed by Religious over the years.” It said CDF “does not intend to offer judgment on the faith and life of Women Religious in the member congregations which belong to the conference.”