VATICAN CITY
AFP
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican stressed its authority over a group of US nuns rapped for defying Church doctrine on Tuesday, as a delegation met Holy See doctrinal officials to put their case.
The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), which represents around 80 percent of the 45,000 nuns in the United States, “remains under the supreme management of the Holy See”, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said.
In April, a damning Vatican report had accused the group of “corporate dissent” from the Church’s teachings against homosexuality, and claimed it was pursuing “radical feminist themes” — accusations fiercely denied by the nuns.
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