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Andrew Nelson - Catholic News Service
Religious congregations in the 19th century had a test for accepting black women: They could join, if they could "pass for white."
Sister Marcia Allen, a Sister of St. Joseph of Concordia, Kansas, and president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, delivers her address Aug. 10 to attendees at the LCWR assembly in Atlanta. (CNS photo/Michael Alexander, Georgia Bulletin)
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Andrew Nelson - Catholic News Service
"We are keeping a brave face on it, but the truth is that the very thing that makes the conference possible is disappearing."