Jesuit pope offers hope to targeted U.S. nuns

Sisters focused on social justice are said to undermine Catholic teaching

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press In this June 18, 2012, file photo, Sister Simone Campbell, right, executive director of Network, speaks in front of Renate Dellmann, of Ames, Iowa, left, during a stop on the first day of a nine-state Nuns on the Bus tour in Ames, Iowa. Sister Simone Campbell said &ldqu...

VATICAN CITY—The election of a Jesuit pope devoted to the poor and stressing a message of mercy rather than condemnation has brought a glimmer of hope to American nuns who have been the subject of a Vatican crackdown, according to interviews with several groups. The nuns were accused ...

Published: 03/22/2013