LCWR Statement on Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI

by Gary Kopycinski on February 11, 2013

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Silver Spring, MD-(ENEWSPF)- The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), which represents 80 percent of the Catholic sisters in the United States who have been under scrutiny by Rome, released the following statement regarding the announcement that Pope Benedict XVI will resign his office effective February 28, 2013: