Publishers afraid to risk infidelity to new catechism.(censorship and 'The Catechism of the Catholic Church')(includes related article about controversial funding of the censorship committee by a religious publisher)(Cover Story)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: March 21, 1997| Author: McClory, Robert | Copyright information

Publishers of catechetical series and theological studies say that the power being claimed and wielded by the U.S. Bishops Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee the Use of the Catechism is heavy-handed and unprecedented. Some say they are limiting quotations to a total of 499 words to avoid Ad Hoc censorship.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church, proposed by Pope John Paul II as "a special gift" and "a sure norm for teaching the faith," may turn out to be one of the least quoted documents ...

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