The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has picked Toledo Bishop Leonard Blair to lead the recently announced doctrinal investigation into the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. The inquiry will look at adherence to Catholic doctrine by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, an organization based in Silver Springs, Md., with 1,500 nuns in leadership positions representing 95 percent of the nation's 67,000 Catholic sisters, The Toledo Blade reports.
Bishop Blair is a member of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committee on doctrine and helped conduct evaluations of American seminaries for the Vatican in 2005 and 2006.
The Toledo diocese issued a statement yesterday on behalf of Bishop Blair, who had just returned from Rome.
"Bishop Blair has been asked by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to conduct a doctrinal assessment, which will have as its principal purpose to review the work of the LCWR in supporting its membership as communities of faith and witness to Christ in today's church, and to offer any useful assistance. Bishop Blair has been in contact with the leadership of the LCWR, and has nothing further to add at this time."
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(Source: BBC)