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DENVER—Leaders of a significant number of the nation’s Roman Catholic sisters are challenging a Vatican investigation of their communities.
They are declining to answer questions they say are ambiguous or inappropriate.
The heads of three large congregations of sisters say in interviews with The Associated Press they did not fully answer a questionnaire that was due in late November. It could leave holes in a three-year study of more than 340 orders with 59,000 members.
The investigation was announced as an exploration of the quality of life of Catholic sisters whose ranks are declining, but some sisters fear the Vatican aims to push them toward more traditional roles.
