The 1960s were a time of cultural upheaval for society in general, but also within the Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican II Council, which ran from 1962-1965, enacted liberalizing reforms intended…
explained during a panel discussion for Deadline’s Contenders Film: Documentary awards-season event. “They were being obedient to their faith and to their calling and what their faith was calling them to do, which was to be a part of the world.”
But as the film explores, the progressive attitude of the IHM nuns did not sit well with powerful Cardinal McIntyre, then head of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He engaged in a battle to bring the IHM sisters to heel.said. “He loved the power structure, and he was a businessman. And he saw this trouble with the sisters as going against his plan for the expansion of the Church and going against his ultimate control.
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