MPs challenge 'doctrinaire' bishops

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[Catholic church under fire for promoting a hard line on ‘immoral’ teaching in schools (MPs challenge 'doctrinaire' bishops | UK news | The Guardian)

There are two very revealing passages in the article:​

• [The] chairman of the parliamentary cross-party committee on children, schools and families, said he had heard of other cases and felt that behind the scenes there was ‘intense turmoil’ about the future of Catholic education. ‘A group of bishops appear to be taking a much firmer line and I think it would be useful to call representatives of the Catholic church in front of the committee to find out what is going on,’ he said. ‘It seems to me that faith education works all right as long as people are not that serious about their faith. But as soon as there is a more doctrinaire attitude questions have to be asked. It does become worrying when you get a new push from more fundamentalist bishops. This is taxpayers’ money after all.’
  At the end of the article:
• ‘Irrespective of the strongly held views of those in the Catholic faith, it is absolutely vital for the future of children’s wellbeing, health and safety that they receive proper sex education,’ said Steve Sinnott, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers.
  [My emphasis]
  

It’s a very encouraging article So now we have been served notice of what we are up against.

An excellent Catholic weblog to read :

• the-hermeneutic-of-continuity.blogspot.com/