From the ArcaMax Publishing, Religion & Spirituality Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/religionandspirituality/s-574756-302802
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Vatican is investigating the conduct of U.S.
nuns through two "visitations" of religious orders and an umbrella
organization.
Several nuns told The New York Times they fear the church is trying to
restore old traditions such as wearing habits, living in convents and
working in church institutions.
"They think of us as an ecclesiastical work force," said Sister Sandra
M. Schneiders, who taught at the Jesuit School of Theology at
Berkeley, Calif. "Whereas we are religious, we're living the life of
total dedication to Christ, and out of that flows a profound concern
for the good of all humanity. So our vision of our lives, and their
vision of us as a work force, are just not on the same planet."
The more extensive Apostolic Visitation is being done by Mother Mary
Beth Millea, superior general of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus and a U.S. native now living in Rome.
The other visitation is an assessment of the Leadership Conference of
Women Religious, an umbrella organization that says it has 1,500
members from most U.S. orders. Cardinal William Levada, head of the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, told the conference it has
failed to promote church teaching on homosexuality, the men-only
priesthood and holding the Catholic church to be the only means to
salvation, the newspaper said.