NBC News: ‘We’re with you, sisters’: Nuns amazed by outpouring of support
More than 900 Roman Catholic nuns gathering in St. Louis, Mo., this week to discuss the future of their relationship with the Vatican were surprised to be greeted by supporters with a simple message on their signs: "We’re with you, sisters."
"They’re having vigils every night," she added. "We’ve received… I think it’s almost 1,500 letters that have been collected so they can distribute them to our members — all letters of support.""It’s utterly amazing to all of us, really," Sister Annmarie Sanders, director of communications for the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, told NBC News.
The Leadership Conference, which represents about 80 percent of the 57,000 nuns in the United States, is holding its yearly national assembly this week following scathing criticism from the Vatican of the nuns’ alleged lack of fidelity to Catholic teachings.
Their supporters say they were shocked by the crackdown.