Association of Christ the King - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 22 Apr 2024 06:09:22 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Association of Christ the King - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Carmelite nuns reject new Vatican decree https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/04/22/arlington-nuns-reject-new-vatican-decree/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 05:50:39 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=170051 The Carmelite nuns who sued the Bishop of Fort Worth last year have fiercely rejected a new decree from Vatican City that they be governed by an association of monasteries, calling the decision a hostile takeover. "We are not things to be traded or given away in backroom deals," the nuns wrote in a four-page Read more

Carmelite nuns reject new Vatican decree... Read more]]> The Carmelite nuns who sued the Bishop of Fort Worth last year have fiercely rejected a new decree from Vatican City that they be governed by an association of monasteries, calling the decision a hostile takeover.

"We are not things to be traded or given away in backroom deals," the nuns wrote in a four-page response to the decree posted to their website Saturday afternoon.

The statement reaffirms their position that they do not recognise the authority of Bishop Michael Olson, with whom they have been in a dispute since April of last year.

It also says no one from the Association of Christ the King, the organisation the Vatican says now governs the monastery, is permitted on the grounds of the monastery in Arlington.

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