Notre Dame Marches Towards Life
Posted by Tim Drake
Friday, September 18, 2009 9:29 AM
Thomas Peters of the American Papist blog has posted a letter written by Notre Dame’s president, Father John Jenkins, explaining how the university plans to engage in the pro-life issue.
Among the initiatives he proposes to undertake: 1) President Jenkins plans to participate in the Jan. 22 March for Life and has invited other members of Notre Dame to join him; 2) President Jenkins has formed... READ MORE
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3 Things Obama Didn't Say
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, June 06, 2009 9:03 AM
(Ali Jarekji/Reuters)
Obama told his Muslim audience: “[W]e must say openly to each other the things we hold in our hearts and that too often are said only behind closed doors.”
Hmmm … here are three things he didn’t seem to want to say openly in Cairo:
He didn’t praise doubt, or promote LGBT, or read the Koran’s other verses.
1. He didn’t praise doubt.
Specifically, he didn’t say this (I’ve added... READ MORE
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Obama, Notre Dame and Islam
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, June 06, 2009 4:14 AM
cns/reuters
At Cairo, Obama had to reach out to Muslims whose religion he admires but who tend to extremist positions (jihad) that he rejects.
At Notre Dame, Obama had to reach out to Catholics whose religion he admires but whose positions (the right to life) he rejects.
The two speeches he gave had some surprising similarities.
In Cairo, he praised a version of Islam that suited his purposes.
His hope... READ MORE
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Bernardin vs. Obama
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Sunday, May 31, 2009 10:32 AM
Cardinal Bernardin in 1994 (Reuters/Scott Olson)
At Notre Dame, Obama referred to Cardinal Joseph Bernardin.
“That must have had Cardinal Bernardin turning over in his grave,” writes Elizabeth Lev.
Then, she finds an extraordinary quote from the cardinal himself ... and in the Register, no less.
Obama “cleverly backed up his pro-choice arguments by quoting the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin’s ‘seamless garment’ project,” wrote Lev, “which... READ MORE
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Is Notre Dame Catholic?
Posted by Daily Blog
Saturday, May 23, 2009 3:51 AM
Is Notre Dame Catholic?
Assessing the Evidence
By Thomas Uebbing
National Catholic Register
A question that will linger for many is whether or not the enthusiastic reception Notre Dame gave Obama was the beginning of funeral rites for the university’s Catholicity.
Archbishop Raymond Burke, prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, the Vatican’s highest court, told the Register that Notre Dame... READ MORE
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L'Osservatore Editor Defends
Posted by Edward Pentin
Friday, May 22, 2009 10:44 AM
(CNS photo)
Gian Maria Vian, editor of L’Osservatore Romano, commented to the Register about the controversy (detailed here) surrounding the paper’s coverage of President Obama.
Is L’Osservatore Romano in agreement with those bishops of the United States who were opposed to Obama being honored by the University of Notre Dame?
“L’Osservatore Romano always stands by different episcopates, and on this... READ MORE
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Bishop: Obama vs. Dialogue
Posted by Daily Blog
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 4:28 PM
Father Jenkins and Obama. (CNS photo/Christopher Smith)
Dr. Obama Dashes Dialogue at ND: Cites Irreconcilable Differences
A Register column
by Bishop Robert W. Finn
Of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo.
I tuned into the May 17 Notre Dame graduation for the obvious reasons. I was particularly interested in this cultural watershed that united scores of American bishops and countless others who could not fathom why President Barack Obama should be granted... READ MORE
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