text: Because the National Catholic Reporter is by its own definition not a Catholic newspaper but rather an independent news source that comments on religious matters, it is not required to maintain communion with the Church nor must it embrace the doctrines and dogmas that have been handed down to us through the millenia in the the Deposit of Faith.
  
  That being said however, Catholic individuals who work and write for NCR are most definitely expected to believe in and in fact embrace the teachings of the Church without reserve.
  
  The fact that the NCR Editorial Staff holds to beliefs that seriously contradict the faith is a sign that in their minds and hearts they are neither Catholic nor are they followers of Christ. The have surrendered to the error of the world and the errors of our age.
  
  The Church will not ever change her doctrines, not today, tomorrow or ever.
  
  May God help these lost souls.