Tag Archives: magisterium of nuns

How the LCWR, Magisterium of Nuns, get around the Church’s teaching and hierarchy

Posted on 14 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I missed this the other day. On review, it is important enough to post about.
Over at Fishwrap, the National Schismatic Reporter, there is an interview with the head of the LCWR, Sr. Florence Deacon, from 7 May, while she was … Continue reading →

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National Schismatic Reporter starts to turn on the Pope – Francis and the LCWR

Posted on 9 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is something that I never thought I would write.
Fr. Z kudos to Jamie Manson of the National Schismatic Reporter.
One of Fishwrap‘s headliners, a darling of LCWR, the openly-lesbian, Margaret Farley-mentored Jamie Manson has sobered up about Pope Francis.
She has … Continue reading →

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“feeeelings… wo wo wo feeeeeeeelings….”

Posted on 8 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It took them a few hours to get organized, but Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter), in its capacity of LCWR spin surrogate, has started to twist Pope Francis’s address to the UISG (HERE) into something that it is not.
Here is … Continue reading →

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Schism at NSR?

Posted on 19 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Something curious is happening at the National Schismatic Reporter (aka Fishwrap).
Our pal Michael Sean Winters wrote about the Holy See’s hostile takeover of the LCWR in light of the keynote address to the LCWR given by Sr. Laurie Brinks.  Sr. Laurie, … Continue reading →

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Nuns and Ohio voter fraud

Posted on 21 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A priest friend sent me this. I wonder Sr. Simone Campbell thinks about this.
From Cincinnati.com:
A Greater Cincinnati nun is suspected of illegally casting a ballot for another nun who died before last November’s election, a new case of alleged vote … Continue reading →

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“Band of Sisters” documentary about liberal women religious premiers

Posted on 14 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

We start a new work week with some old fashioned dissent.
And I mean old.
Picture if you will the paradox of a visible but invisible group of women religious dissenters. Even as they stay in the public eye, because of one … Continue reading →

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National Catholic Reporter teams up with Ford Foundation backed entity to hide the truth about the Holy See’s ‘Doctrinal Assesment’ of the LCWR

Posted on 27 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Every year around Christmas and Easter, the usual hyenas emerge from the brush to worry at the Church’s heels.  This year, as a little gift to the Christ Child, the National Catholic Reporter (aka Fishwrap) has teamed up with an … Continue reading →

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ACTION ITEM POLL ALERT: Fishwrap’s Person of the Year – UPDATED

Posted on 21 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Why won’t NCR make “The Unborn” their ‘Person of the Year’?

UPDATE 21 Dec 20:19 GMT:
The Fishwrap’s webpage says at the top: “Update: Our poll was so popular our account with SurveyMonkey, which hosted our poll, topped off the number of … Continue reading →

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“There’s a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall…” Farewell, Roy Bourgeois!

Posted on 19 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From The Sound of Music:
There’s a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say, “Cuckoo”
Regretfully they tell us but firmly they … Continue reading →

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Weigel on the Nuns on the Bus v Real Nuns

Posted on 2 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From NRO:
The Sisters of Life were founded in 1991 by Cardinal John O’Connor and Mother Agnes Mary Donovan (a former Columbia psychology professor and clinician) as a new religious community of women dedicated to the defense of life at all … Continue reading →

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