May 30, 2008

Catholic Doctrine and Academic Freedom

To the Editor:

As the presidents of Catholic colleges issued a collective sigh of relief following Pope Benedict XVI's address at the Catholic University of America, many who teach and study at those colleges remain curious about the future ("Pope Supports 'Search for Truth' in Upbeat Talk at Catholic U.," The Chronicle, May 2). Since there was no overt mention of Pope John Paul II's 1990 Ex corde Ecclesiae and its controversial requirement that all theologians obtain a

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