UNITED STATES
National Catholic Reporter
by Jamie L Manson on Jun. 04, 2012
Only weeks after taking a broad swipe at the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has returned to its more typical routine of taking aim at individual theologians.
The latest target is Mercy Sr. Margaret Farley, professor emeritus of Christian ethics at Yale Divinity School, and her 2006 book Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics.
On Monday morning, the CDF published a notification that states Just Love does not reflect the official teaching of the Magisterium and, therefore, “cannot be used as a valid expression of Catholic teaching, either in counseling or formation, or in ecumenical or interreligious dialogue.”
As Farley herself said in her response to the notification, Just Love “was not intended to be an expression of current official Catholic teaching, nor was it aimed specifically against this teaching.” The goal of this book was to engage discussion about issues in sexual ethics, knowing that fruitful discussion becomes possible only if critical questions are pressed.
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