Bishop nixes nuns’ recruitment drive

 
BY DANIEL BURKE
Published: April 24, 2010

BADEN, Pa. — A Roman Catholic bishop in Pennsylvania has barred some nuns from promoting their order in his diocese because they supported the health care bill Congress passed last month.

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, Pa., "publicly repudiated” the U.S. bishops by supporting the bill, the Diocese of Greensburg said in a statement. Therefore, Bishop Lawrence Brandt has ordered diocesan new...


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