Daily Links, June 1: Nuns the wiser, more about lawsuits, and advice to moviegoers

The big news today surrounds the Leadership Conference of Women Religious issuing a statemen [1]t in response to the Vatican's call for reform of the group nearly two months ago. As I wrote on our blog [2] earlier today, the statment shows a concern not just for the nuns, but for the welfare of the entire church. One Cleveland priest takes a pull-no-punches look [3]at the motivation behind the investigation of the LCWR.

Bad news on the economy today, as job growth greatly slowed [4] during the month of May.

The ongoing sexual abuse trial in Philadelphia is now in the hands of the jury [5], as the entire church will be watching to see if a priest who failed to remove abusive clergy from ministry will be held accountable.

In New York, a poll shows 51 percent of the state's Catholics support [6] the church's recent lawsuits against the federal government. A Notre Dame professor questions the bishops' [7]intent in their ongoing battle for "religious liberty" in a New York Times opinion piece.

And a new lawsuit was launched in Pennsylvania [8] by Catholics who feel the Affordable Care Act's requirement of contraception coverage is a violation of their rights. They are pretty surely not covered by the exemption for religious employers, because their business is a lumber company [9].

Today marks the release of "For Greater Glory," [10] the Knights of Columbus-sponsored film about the Cristero War (which also led to a somewhat controversial cover [11] of the Knights' Columbia magazine). Star Andy Garcia tells the AP [12] that the movie isn't just for Catholics, but other critics call it "heavy-handed in its pro-Catholic point of view [13]" and another calls it "a meandering, malnourished epic [14]."