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National Catholic Reporter

by John L Allen Jr on Jun. 18, 2012 NCR Today

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), the main umbrella group for leaders of women’s religious orders in the United States, today released a statement on a June 12 meeting in Rome between LCWR representatives and officials of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, led by American Cardinal William Levada.

The statement describes the meeting as “open” but “difficult because of the differing perspectives the CDF officials and the LCWR representatives hold.”

The meeting was requested by LCWR officials in the wake of an April 18 doctrinal assessment from the doctrinal congregation accusing LCWR of “serious doctrinal problems” on issues such as the ordination of women to the priesthood, same-sex marriage, and the inroads of “radical feminism.”

The LCWR statement follows.

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June 18, 2012

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