
Father Hesburgh Was the Father of Notre Dame’s Honoring of Obama
COMMENTARY: Under Father Hesburgh, and continued by his successors, Notre Dame was clearly pro-life but chose not to use its prestige to that end in the public square.
COMMENTARY: Under Father Hesburgh, and continued by his successors, Notre Dame was clearly pro-life but chose not to use its prestige to that end in the public square.
The Obama administration ruled on Wednesday that states can’t ban federal ‘family planning’ grants from Planned Parenthood’s operations.
President Obama’s recent visit generated goodwill between the two former antagonists, but the communist nation still seems unwilling to allow basic rights.
COMMENTARY: Catholics are asking whether there’s an irresolvable tension between our duty to act with charity toward migrants and our duty to respect duly-enacted immigration law.
President Obama insists his nominee deserves confirmation, but pro-life leaders endorse Senate Republicans’ pledge to derail the nomination.
UPDATE: Notre Dame's bishop, Bishop Kevin Rhoades, on March 14 criticized the Catholic university's decision to honor Biden, seven years after generating national controversy by bestowing commencement honors on President Barack Obama.
Catholics applaud some elements of the president’s final State of the Union speech, but his stances on human life and sexuality issues remain directly opposed to fundamental Church teachings.
COMMENTARY: Compassion without prudence would be a recipe for disaster.
The conversation “continued the goodwill evident during the visit of Pope Francis,” a USCCB statement said.
‘Congress will continue to take action to protect unborn babies and investigate any organization engaged in these horrific practices,’ a spokeswoman for Speaker John Boehner told the Register.
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