Sister Trouble: The Vatican, the Bishops, and the Nuns

by Marian Ronan

In April of 2012 the Vatican issued a harsh "doctrinal assessment" of the largest organization of Catholic sisters in the U.S., the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. The "assessment" was the culmination of a three-year investigation. Simultaneously, the Vatican had been conducting a visitation of 340 active (non-cloistered) congregations of U.S sisters. What do these developments mean?

This is the question Catholic scholar and activist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1484197925
• ISBN13: 9781484197929
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"