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Murphy's column on Vatican's visitation creates stir
Photo credit: Karen Wiles Stabile / File | Bishop William Murphy talks about his upcoming trip to Africa in his Rockville Centre office. (June 30, 2005)
Using the pulpit of the Long Island Catholic newspaper, Bishop William Murphy has weighed in on the national controversy about the Vatican investigation of religious sisters in the United States.
The Vatican says the probe, or "apostolic visitation," is to address issues such as declining membership in women's religious orders. But it has provoked an uproar among some Catholics who admire...
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