Category Archives: Magisterium of Nuns

Why won’t Sr. Simone Campbell answer a simple, direct question about abortion?

Posted on 6 September 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Do you remember my post called NUNS GONE WILD?  I will have to add Sr. Simone Campbell to that dismal list.
From The Weekly Standard with my emphases and comments:
Charlotte
Sister Simone Campbell is a Catholic nun and liberal activist who has … Continue reading →

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A reminder about Rep. Paul Ryan from 2010

Posted on 30 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Someone sent me a reminder about a moment in 2010 when Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), now the GOP VP candidate, was on Fox News Sunday across from Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL), debating Obamacare… ObamaTAX… and abortion.
She holds up “the nuns” (read: … Continue reading →

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O’Reilly interview with Sr. Simone “Nuns On The Bus” Campbell

Posted on 13 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

After Sr. Simone Campbell degrading appearance with the anti-Catholic Jon Stewart show – such gravitas! – she has gone on with Bill O’Reilly of FNC.
He doesn’t let her get away with everything.
I believe Campbell wants to help the poor, but she … Continue reading →

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LCWR Nuns are “the real thing”

Posted on 11 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Tom Fox of the Fishwrap was one the honored invited speakers at the recent meeting of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR – a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns).   He has a brief but gushy post at … Continue reading →

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Check out one blog’s vivisection of Fr. James Martin’s (SJ) claims about LCWR’s vocations v CMSWR’s vocations.

Posted on 9 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over at Amerika, our old friend, Fr. James Martin, SJ, wrote a piece in which he manipulated statistics so that it appeared that LCWR orders of nuns were getting as many vocations as the CMSWR nuns (the more traditional groups). That … Continue reading →

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LCWR’s Sr. Chittister’s evolving view of being a woman religious.

Posted on 8 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On the site of the National catholic Fishwrap there is a story about a meeting of the past presidents of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR – a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns). The story, by their obedient … Continue reading →

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LCWR Assembly Begins. What their keynote speaker brings to the Nuns. VIDEO

Posted on 7 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Let’s hear a little bit of what the Nuns of the LCWR will hear during their assembly.
Here is a video of their chosen and honored keynote speaker: Barbara Marx Hubbard.
Try to get through this.  Seriously.  It is a real education … Continue reading →

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SNAP to protest LCWR meeting in St. Louis (schedule posted)

Posted on 7 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is planning on protesting outside the hotel where the Leadership Conference of Women Religious are meeting in their annual assembly.  Why?  For years they have been trying to work with the … Continue reading →

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Archbishop Viganò put his finger on a nerve concerning Catholic education and women religious

Posted on 1 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My friend The Motely Monk has a very good post today at The American Catholic.
I can’t reproduce the whole thing here, but when you go read that, note that the writer is reclaiming from the liberals the concept of “questioning”.
The … Continue reading →

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Bp. Blair about the LCWR

Posted on 26 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

You will recall that Sr. Pat Farrell, President of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns) was interviewed on the liberal radio network NPR.  NPR followed up with an interview of one of the … Continue reading →

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