The Attacks on U.S. Catholic Sisters
American’s Catholic religious sisters are facing eventual near-extinction as well as attacks from the Vatican and some American bishops.
Why the Decline in Vocations?
For many decades, the sisters have made great contributions to the U.S. church and society. Enormously energized by Vatican II, they greatly expanded their missions to go far beyond teaching and nursing, and in the process they flowered as never before. It is a tragic irony that just as they succeeded more and more in following their founders charisms and grew in following Christ, they their way of life no longer seemed attractive to very many young women.
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