Presents an edited letter to an archbishop from a professor resisting the mandating process for Catholic professors outlined in the church's "Ex Corde Ecclesiae." The letter offers an analysis of theological and legal flaws in the guidelines. (EV)

Suggests that if theology professors at Catholic institutions have to get authorization from bishops in order to teach (as mandated by the Vatican's "Ex Corde Ecclesiae"), academic freedom will be lost. (EV)

The report of an American Association of University Professors' Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure concerning dismissal of a woman faculty member from a Catholic theological seminary based on an incident of activism finds that the school violated the woman's academic freedom and due process. The context and evolution of the case are…