Leaders of a group representing 80 % of U.S. Catholic nuns will meet this week . They will address a statement by the Vatican that denounces group 's ` ` radical feminist themes '' While the assessment praised the social justice work of the group and other organizations such as Network and the Resources Center for Religious Life , it said the groups were `` silent on the right to life from conception to natural death , a question that is part of the lively public debate about abortion and euthanasia in the United States . '' The Vatican expects major reforms from the American nuns ' group . It will be an ` ` important ' moments '' as nuns respond to Vatican ` ` crackdown , '' analyst says .
Leaders of a group representing 80 % of U.S. Catholic nuns will meet this week . They will address a statement by the Vatican that denounces group 's ` ` radical feminist themes '' The Vatican expects major reforms from the American nuns ' group . It will be an ` ` important ' moments '' as nuns respond to Vatican ` ` crackdown , '' analyst says .