A high-ranking Catholic official -- who recently tried to resolve hostile relations between the Vatican and American nuns by supporting the nuns -- has been transferred to a Midwestern archdiocese of fewer than 230,000 parishioners, the Christian Broadcast Network website reports today (October 20, 2012).
Newly appointed Indianapolis Archbishop Joseph Tobin said he "didn't know" if the move was related to his efforts to reconcile the heads of the Roman Catholic Church with nuns who some theological conservatives complained have become too outspoken and secular.
Tobin said it wasn't easy to leave his post as the number two official in the Vatican office that oversees religious orders worldwide. He added he wasn't looking for a transfer.
The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith accused the National Conference of Women Religious -- which represents about three-fourths of America's nuns -- of taking positions that undermine Catholic teaching and promote radical feminist themes and anti-Catholic Christian doctrine.
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