Vatican attacks popular U.S. nun over sexuality book
Vatican Critiques Book By Mercy Sister Margaret Farley
Book not in conformity with Church teaching on sexual ethics
Not for use in ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, formation, counseling Urges theologians to pursue moral theology in full concord with Catholic doctrine
WASHINGTON—The Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has declared that a book on sexual ethics by Mercy Sister Margaret A. Farley does not conform to the teachings of the Magisterium. As such, the CDF said, “it cannot be used as a valid expression of Catholic teaching, either in counseling and formation, or in ecumenical and interreligious dialogue.”
CDF critiqued the book, “Just Love: A Framework for Christian Social Ethics,” in a five-page notification released at the Vatican June 4. Pope Benedict XVI approved the notification March 16, and ordered its publication.
On homosexual unions, Sister Farley offered a defense for domestic partnerships, civil unions, and gay marriage and said they can be “important in transforming the hatred, rejection and stigmatization of gays and lesbians that is still being reinforced by teachings of ‘unnatural’ sex, disordered desire, and dangerous love....”
The notification said her position is “opposed to the teaching of the Magisterium” and cited the 2003 CDF document “
Considerations regarding proposals to give legal recognition to unions between homosexual persons.”
The 2003 statement holds that “the common good requires that laws recognize, promote and protect marriage as the basis of the family, the primary unit of society.”
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