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The Notre Dame saga is far from over as we see today. The Obama speech and award has ignited a long overdue call for Notre Dame and all Catholic colleges to return to their founding principles. Most have strayed far from those principles, especially on abortion, homosexuality and other moral issues. Today's story on Jesuit run Boston College shows how ridiculously insane the situation has become.
A growing number of bishops and faithful laity are saying enough! – this has to change. We agree with Charlie Rice that Notre Dame still has a sufficient number of faithful staff and students to be worth saving. Where to begin? By defending the shamefully persecuted 88 peaceful protesters.
Why do we pay so much attention to this? This large network of religious colleges has the special potential to produce students with the character and principles formation that can turn the country around from its current deadly path. So far, though, most major U.S. Catholic colleges are co-opted and heavily complict in the anti-life, anti-family culture. Still, something good seems to be finally happening. We are going to do all that we can to make sure it doesn't let up.
Steve Jalsevac
LifeSiteNews.com