The Church of Social Justice vs. Conservatism: Why this Catholic girl is praying for a schism

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By Christina Pesoli
08.27.12 | 12:01 pm

“Dear Father in Heaven…If you're up there and you can hear me, show me the way. I'm at the end of my rope. Show me the way, God.”

That was George Bailey’s prayer as he sat at Martini’s Bar in the holiday movie classic, It’s a Wonderful Life. I can relate.

Like George Bailey all those years ago, this summer I found myself in the middle of a personal crisis of my own. The Catholic Church — my church — had lost its mind.

The Vatican ordered a crackdown on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the largest organization of nuns in the United States.

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