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Notre Dame Honors Obama

by Tom Hoopes Friday, March 20, 2009 4:18 PM Comments (0)

Benedict: U.S. Catholic colleges should follow the Magisterium in "all aspects of an institution’s life."(cns)

The Associated Press is reporting that President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at Notre Dame on May 17.

Pro-life Catholics have set up a protest website. The U.S. bishops in their 2004 document “Catholics in Political Life” say “Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. They should not be given awards, honors, or platforms that would suggest support for their actions.”

Fort Wayne-South Bend Bishop John M. D’Arcy has been critical of Obama’s efforts against the right to life.

He also has on several occasions called Notre Dame to task for its activities on campus.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Friday that Obama will also speak at Arizona State University on May 13 and the U.S. Naval Academy on May 22.

 

Filed under abortion, dissent, ex corde ecclesiae, right to life

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Tom Hoopes is Vice President of College Relations and writer in residence at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. He has written for the Register for more than 20 years and was its executive editor for 10. His writing has appeared in First Things’ First Thoughts, National Review Online, Crisis, Our Sunday Visitor, Inside Catholic and Columbia. He has served as press secretary for the Chairman of the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee. He and his wife, April, were editorial co-directors of Faith & Family magazine for 5 years. They have nine children.