PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
By Rossilynne Skena, TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, April 20, 2012
A Roman Catholic nun from Western Pennsylvania was tapped to lead the group representing the majority of the nuns in the nation, just days before the Vatican slapped the organization with sanctions for promoting “certain radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith.”
Sister Janet Mock, a Johnstown native affiliated with the Sisters of St. Joseph in Baden, was appointed executive director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious this month, according to the Silver Spring, Md., group’s director of communications, Sister Annmarie Sanders.
The Leadership Conference represents 80 percent of the 57,000 Catholic nuns in the nation.
The Vatican, which oversees the Leadership Conference, announced Wednesday a full-scale overhaul of the group, accusing it of taking positions that undermine Roman Catholic teachings on the priesthood and homosexuality while promoting radical feminist themes.
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