http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/05/vatican-intensifying-crackdown-on-american-nuns/?iref=obnetwork
This is... heh... this... hehehehe.
THIS IS GREAT. Apparently the Vatican doesn't approve of the way that American nuns have been handling themselves in recent years. They recently censured an American nun for endorsing, ah, "handling" oneself in a book on christian sexuality. They've gone further in putting various pressures on the convent for not being as forcible in their convictions about various unchristian activities, like homosexuality and abortion.
The Vatican is, in my view, a thing of the past. When nuns in the roman catholic church get reprimanded for even the slightest hint of christian Progressivism and are willing to just keep on doing it there may be some signs of stress in the church's power structure.
It doesn't help the Vatican that there has been a steady loss of churchgoing people in america and a rise in agnosticism; even practicing Catholics (indeed, many religious people) are moving away from extreme conservatism to a moderate progressiveness, which is a big step for the most resolutely anachronistic, stubborn institution of the western world. Just my two cents.
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