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Letters to the Editor  Letters Graphic  Catholic faith is not a
buffet  Re: "Bishop Should look after own backyard" by Joe
Gubbels(WCR, Nov. 22) Mr. Gubbels says many Catholics do not
assent to the teachings of Bishop Henry (who, in his pastoral
letter on Paul Martin, simply espoused Church teaching) on
sexuality. Nothing could be more true. The point is these
Catholics should assent to the teachings of Bishop Henry (and
therefore of the Catholic Church) on sexuality.  If every man
were left to determine what is true and false in the realm of
faith and morals according to his own private judgment, a
thousand different opinions about the Catholic faith would
result, and there would be no certain way of determining which
opinion was true. This would be grievously