Sundays are my catch up on all my reading day and so I
sometimes run into some interesting articles I want to share.
TIME magazine had an interesting article by John Cloud on
SISTER SIMONE CAMPBELL and the lobbying group she runs called NETWORK.
She is making news as are many Catholic nuns these days
because of the Vatican ’s
attack on their so called “liberal” views which do not always match the views
that the Vatican
is mandating all Catholics to hold.
Sister Campbell and her organization has organized a bunch
of nuns into NUNS ON THE BUS tour where they travel to various congressional
districts protesting what they call immoral budget cuts that hurt people who
struggle, in essence, lobbying for the poor.
These nuns who have worked tirelessly among the poor also
were very vocal in supporting President Obama’s healthcare plan which would be
very beneficial to the poor and uninsured but their support also clashed with
Catholic leader’s battle against the healthcare plan because it would mandate
health insurers to cover contraception.
When asked about the pope’s attack on American nuns she said
“I’ve been a faithful woman religious for over 40 years and some guy who’s
never talked to me says we’re a problem? Ooh, that hurts.”
American bishops are all pissed off because the nuns are
stealing, what they think is their thunder, in battling the contraception issue
with Obama…really?
The Vatican ’s
attack on American nuns has not gone very well for the pope and nuns here are
enjoying more support from American Catholics than ever before…you go girls!
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