text: "Good standing" is a formal designation granted by bishops to individuals and entities under their ecclesial authority. NCR is an independent publication and, therefore, not under the authority of any bishop. Your condemnation of it as not in good standing is meaningless.
  
  Also, your assertion that NCR is leading the "ignorant faithful" off a cliff is laughable. Unlike some of their right-wing counterparts, this publication doesn't present it's perspective as objective truth but, rather, fodder for intelligent discussion. If you want to find a publication that feeds on the "ignorant faithful," I suggest you try the National Catholic Register.