Original sentence: Chittister has called for a churchwide discussion on the topic of the ordination of women.This is a controversial issue in the Catholic Church, since the instruction given by Pope John Paul II in Ordinatio sacerdotalis states that it is definitive doctrine that the Church has no authority to ordain women
Edited sentence: She has continued to call for a churchwide discussion on the topic of the ordination of women, despite the instruction given by Pope John Paul II in Ordinatio sacerdotalis proclaiming that the Church has no authority to ordain women