Study sees Catholic orders losing their way

From: The Boston Globe | Date: September 16, 1992| Author: James L. Franklin, Globe Staff | Copyright information

A three-year study of Roman Catholic religious orders in the United States supports some of the severest criticism from conservative church leaders, that the orders have lost a strong sense of purpose, that they lack forceful and visionary leaders and that they are slow to respond to the poor and minorities.

The study, undertaken by researchers originally based in Boston with the cooperation of a large number of orders and their members, also blames church authorities for many of th...

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