How do you solve a problem like...

Vatican probes nuns' heterodoxy

Vatican conducting 'doctrinal investigation' of US nuns' leadership group

Influential nun calls for 'non-violent resistance' against Vatican apostolic visitation

some jaw-dropping tidbits...
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[Dominican] Sister Brink seemed to endorse universalism, speaking of the need to go "beyond Jesus."
"Jesus is not the only son of God," she added. "Salvation is not limited to Christians."
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...the LCWR made headlines on Oct. 7, 1979, when its president, Sister Theresa Kane, publicly begged Pope John Paul II to consider ordaining women.
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On both Oct. 7, 1984, and March 2, 1986, the LCWR took out full-page New York Times ads saying there is more than one legitimate Catholic position on abortion.
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Sr. Mary Ann Zollmann at LCWR National Assembly Presidential Address
August 22, 2003: "I thought of men and women whose passion for wholeness in relationship is lived in deep commitment to life-long same-sex partners..."
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Aisha Taylor, executive director of the Women's Ordination Conference: "They are working for justice, against poverty, sexism and racism; these women are doing the work of the Catholic Church. So now there are two investigations of women religious. Did they put that much work into investigating pedophile priests? I don't think so."
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Sister Schneiders: "We cannot, of course, keep them from investigating. But we can receive them, politely and kindly, for what they are, uninvited guests who should be received in the parlor, not given the run of the house. When people ask questions they shouldn't ask, the questions should be answered accordingly..."
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A tough assignment for the CDF, but a word of caution: some of these sisters have claws.