The fate of all of the “legacy” American female religious orders was sealed when the Apostolic visitation, ordered by Pope Benedict, ended without any actions of note being taken. I can remember Cardinal Rodé saying that these communities now saw themselves as being “beyond Christ.” Only radical reform could have saved them, the sort which the Church has no appetite to undertake these days, especially when it would be as unpopular as bringing groups of radical feminists back to faith in Our Lord.