{"id":1461,"date":"2013-04-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/04\/pope-francis-and-the-american-sisters.html"},"modified":"2013-04-22T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T08:00:00","slug":"pope-francis-and-the-american-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/04\/pope-francis-and-the-american-sisters.html","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis and the American Sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The jury is still out on Pope Francis in a pontificate that may well be shaped by women. A month after Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was named Bishop of Rome, his Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Most Reverend Gerhard Ludwig Mueller, met with the presidents of the\u00a0Leadership Conference of Women Religious<\/a>, an umbrella group of American nuns that had come under doctrinal scrutiny and been found wanting.<\/span><\/div>\n
Archbishop Mueller claimed that he had \u201crecently discussed the Doctrinal Assessment with Pope Francis, who reaffirmed the findings of the Assessment and the program of reform for this Conference of Major Superiors.\u201d On the face of it, this means that Archbishop J. Peter Sartain, Bishop Leonard P. Blair, and Bishop Thomas John Paprocki, who were named to enforce the terms the Congregation\u2019s findings against the LCWR, are given carte blanche to do so. There may be more to this than meets the eye.<\/span><\/div>\n
LCWR\u2019s statement on the meeting includes just the facts and a dignified conclusion: \u201cThe conversation was open and frank. We pray that these conversations may bear fruit for the good of the Church.\u201d Pundits are left to parse the rest.<\/span><\/div>\n
It is early in a pontificate to make definitive judgments. Jesuits, I am informed, usually wait 100 days before making major decisions in their new positions. Perhaps Francis is observing the custom, hence some warrant for the bated-breath approach of some progressive pundits. As an inveterate pope-watcher and advocate for justice for women, let me offer a few insights to guide future evaluation.<\/span><\/div>\n
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