Sunday, April 22, 2012

Leader of 'radical' US nuns rejects vatican criticism

Jane Little
BBC
April 20, 2012

The leader of a group of US nuns the Vatican accuses of flouting Church teaching has rejected the claims. "I've no idea what they're talking about," Sister Simone Campbell, head of Network, a Catholic social justice lobby, told the BBC. "Our role is to live the gospel with those who live on the margins of society. That's all we do."
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 Network was singled out for criticism in the report for "being silent on the right to life" and other "crucial issues" to the church. Sister Campbell suggested that her organisation's vocal support for President Barack Obama's healthcare bill was behind the slapdown. "There's a strong connection," she said. "We didn't split on faith, we split on politics."
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 Full article at the BBC

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