nuns

Dashing hope of significant liberalisation in church doctrine, Pope Francis has reiterated the doctrinal crackdown on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (an umbrella organisation representing about 80% of USAian female Catholic orders) and reasserting the church's conservative...

They were excommunicated for "refusing to give up membership in a Canadian sect whose founder claims to be the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary", to quote the opening sentance. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070926/ap_on_re_us/nuns_heresy;_ylt=Ai5RsBq4dDHrpS6jP_fYKPes0NUE

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2007/09/26/4529256-ap.html Do you think that since these people are female, the Catholic Church reacted this way? What I mean is: Do you think they did this because they do not want females to have any sort of power or sway over the flock?

Last year, my husband and I purchased 26 1/2 acres of land way outside of the city on which to build a house. This house is the one we plan on living in until we die. It's out in the country, with lots of trees and a creek and tons of wildlife. It's what we've saved for and dreamed of for 26...

------------------------------------------------- June 25, 2003 - Wireless Flash Nun Too Good LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- Although the Catholic Church has been inundated with sex scandals, the nuns have managed to hold onto the loving image inspired by Whoopi Goldberg in "Sister Act."...

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