How very sad that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) is trying to silence the gentle, faithful, intelligent Catholic theologian Professor Tina Beattie (News from Britain and Ireland, 27 September), when so many Catholics are yearning for a mature faith, based on more than unreasoned blind obedience to a tortured, closed interpretation of “what the Church teaches”.(Dr) Anne Inman, Longfield, Kent Tina Beattie’s account of the banning of her planned talk to the Edinburgh Newman society presents us with a truly dismal picture.Just as Scots from all walks of life and all parts of the country were debating the future of their country with unprecedented passion and integrity, the senior Roman Catholic cleric in Scotland was plotting to suppress theological de