LOUISVILLE (KY)
The Courier-Journal
Written by
Mark Boxley
The Courier-Journal
When more than 50 laypeople took to the steps of Cathedral of the Assumption on Tuesday, they had one message in mind: “We are all nuns.”
The group gathered at 5 p.m. for a silent prayer vigil to support the nuns of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which has recently been the focus of what vigil participants called a Vatican investigation.
In a statement concerning the Women Religious, the Vatican said that while lauding sisters’ historic work in education and on behalf of the poor, the conference had allowed influential members and speakers at its meetings to undercut, without challenge, core church doctrines on sexuality, the nature of Jesus and the male-only priesthood.
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