The New Pope Dislikes Nuns as Much as the Last Pope
LatestAbout 80% of nuns in the United States are members of an umbrella organization called Leadership Conference of Women Religious. This organization devotes the bulk of its efforts to helping the poor and less fortunate, probably like Jesus would have wanted. The last pope did not like the Leadership Conference and the new pope, who many hoped would herald a liberal turning of the tides for the Catholic church, doesn’t like them much either.
Recently, Pope Francis announced that the Vatican will continue the “program of reform” — set in place by Pope Benedict — to restructure the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. But why would two popes in a row want to limit a Catholic organization that’s actually doing good in the world? Why, because according to the pope emeritus, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious undermines “issues of crucial importance to the life of Church and society, such as the Church’s Biblical view of family life and human sexuality” and promotes “radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith.”