Nuns discuss Vatican visitation of US religious orders on NPR show
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WASHINGTON (CNS) Mother Mary Quentin Sheridan, superior general of the Religious Sisters of Mercy in Michigan, said she sees nothing wrong with the Vatican checking in on women's religious communities in the United States.
"In my opinion there is nothing unusual about it. Perhaps it is infrequent, but with every organization evaluation is essential," she said about a Vatican-ordered evaluation of communities. "There is a presumption that our freedom has somehow been usurped; I cannot agree with that."
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