Letter To The EditorCatholic Community not responsible for ad An ad placed in the Daily Collegian and the Centre Daily Times this week entitled "A Catholic Response" did not come from any official Roman Catholic source. Unfortunately, because of the way the ad was handled, many people are confused about its origin and its authenticity. We are working now with both the editorial and advertising staffs of these newspapers to try to keep such a misunderstanding from occurring in the future. For a much better reading of Catholic teaching on this complex issue, please see the U.S. Bishops teaching "Always Our Children." You can read more about the teaching on the World Wide web at www.nccbuscc.org/comm/archives/97-208.htm. " Always Our Children' was approved by Rome last year. We also recommended Cardinal George Basil Humes A Note on Church Teaching Concerning Homosexual People" in Origins on April 27, 1995. We regret that this ad has created confusion and even pain for some people and we ask that the law of Gods love for all people be held primary. God loves us male and female, straight or gay, every color of the rainbow, every culture on the earth. With Gods love as guide every person must be treated with dignity and respect.
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