CATHOLIC CHURCH INQUISITION OF AMERICAN NUNS

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The Catholic Church is castigating American nuns whose actions and thinking are, quite frankly, far more in tune with the actual views of American Catholics.

In April 2012, the Catholic Church's "Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith" --- the Vatican's current version of the Inquisition --- issued a blistering assessment of the 57,000 Catholic nuns in the United States (represented by the "Leadership Conference of Women Religious" organization).

The Church's dumbfounding attack on American nuns alleged, among other things, the nuns in the United States spend too much time engaging in good deeds (doing good) and not enough time prosecuting (enforcing) the Vatican's teachings against abortion, homosexuality, and certain women's rights issues.

This is, regrettably, no joke.

American nuns are now in trouble with the Catholic Church for being, well, NUNS!

The Vatican is so disturbed that it is now planning to appoint a special prosecutor (an Archbishop Delegate) whose job will be to make U.S. nuns behave like the Vatican wants them to behave. Oops!

What do you think about this issue?

[usnews.nbcnews.com/08/07/2012/after-blistering-vatican-report-nun; www.guardian.co.uk/05-24-2012/catholic-church-inquisition; www.stltoday.com/08-08-2012/guest-commentary-awaitingthevatican]