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Article: Questioning is not unholy or disloyal act. (some bishops question criticisms from members of the Catholic Theological Society of America)(Editorial)
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- National Catholic Reporter
- Article date:
- July 18, 1997
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Even before members of the Catholic Theological Society of American convened last month, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver was taking pot shots at the very idea that professional theologians might consider whether the church has the authority to claim that women can never be ordained.
Chaput's comments, printed in the Denver archdiocese's newspaper (see NCR, July 4), were quickly followed by three other prelates writing similar critiques in their papers -- Bishops John Meyers of Peoria, Ill., James T. McHugh of Camden, N.J., and Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston.
Their reactions were valuable on several counts, not the least as an example of the kind ...