After 16 years of leading the nation's most politically engaged group of religious sisters and becoming the face of the Nuns on the Bus movement, Social Service Sr. Simone Campbell announced on October 20 that she would be stepping down as head of Network, a Catholic social justice lobby, effective March 2021.

Campbell, who is also a lawyer, has served as executive director of Network since 2004. In a statement released on Tuesday, she said "the time has come for new leadership."  

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