Nugent's letter, moreover, is far from clear. The bishop's Marriage and Family Committee has given no adequate response to the serious objections of Catholic scholars and of Catholic bishops, lead by Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln, Nebraska. There is a real need in the Catholic Church in America for a statement that truly reflects the teaching of the Sacred Congregation of the Faith. This is a challenge for Catholic scholars everywhere, a challenge that I believe will lead to a comprehensive statement of the spiritual guidance which parents, their teenage sons and daughters, and their grown children should receive from teachers in the Church. It is my prayer that the National Council of Catholic Bishops will come to realize the harm that has and will come from Always Our Children.
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