VATICAN CITY
National Catholic Reporter
Alessandro Speciale Religion News Service | Jun. 11, 2013
VATICAN CITY Weeks after authorizing a continued investigation of American nuns, Pope Francis told a group of nuns and priests from Latin America not to worry if they found themselves under similar scrutiny.
The pope’s purported remarks came during a meeting with top officials of the Latin American Conference of Religious (CLAR) on June 6.
During the meeting, Francis seemed to refer to the Vatican investigation of an American nuns’ group, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, while telling the Latin American delegates not to worry should they find themselves the target of a similar investigation.
“They will make mistakes, they will make a blunder, this will pass! Perhaps even a letter of the Congregation for the Doctrine [of the Faith] will arrive for you, telling you that you said such or such thing. … But do not worry. Explain whatever you have to explain, but move forward.”
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