Texas nuns dismissed from religious life after lengthy feud with bishop, Vatican

[Michie]

A group of Texas nuns has been dismissed from religious life and returned to the lay state after a lengthy feud with their bishop over the governance of their monastery.

Mother Marie of the Incarnation, the president of the Association of Christ the King, said in a letter to the Diocese of Fort Worth on Monday that the nuns of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas, have been dismissed from the Order of Discalced Carmelites and “reverted to the lay state” after more than a year of sustained defiance of their superiors.

The dismissal caps a bitter and divisive feud between the Carmelite nuns and Church authorities ranging from Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson to the Vatican itself.

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Texas nuns dismissed from religious life

The dismissal caps a bitter and divisive feud between the Carmelite nuns and Church authorities ranging from Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson to the Vatican itself.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

 

[Cosmic Charlie]

My default position is : "Always side with the nuns"

Then I read the article and saw SSPX is involved.

My overriding position is: NEVER side with SSPX.


Sorry, nuns.

 

[RileyG]

My default position is : "Always side with the nuns"

Then I read the article and saw SSPX is involved.

My overriding position is: NEVER side with SSPX.


Sorry, nuns.

I agree- although I wish SSPX would clean up their act and come to full communion with Rome.