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Notre Dame historian says Vatican crackdown on nuns 'inappropriate and humiliating'

April 20, 2012|WSBT-TV

A prominent group representing the majority of U.S. Catholic nuns said it was "stunned" the Vatican reprimanded it for pursuing what it called "radical feminist themes" and spending too much time on poverty and social justice concerns instead of speaking out against abortion and gay marriage.

Notre Dame history professor Scott Appleby spoke with WSBT’s Clifton French on Friday about why he thinks the Church is going about this all wrong. Watch the full interview in the video attached above.

And you can read more about the Vatican's rebuke here and here.


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