Fr. Ted Hesburgh, who led Notre Dame University for 35 years, spent that time 'bartering away' the university's Catholic identity in exchange for academic prestige.
The American Catholic bishops themselves deserve a goodly part of the blame for a failure to implement a clear Vatican directive 25 years ago that has resulted in many not distinctively Catholic institutions and major rulings against religious freedom.
Faithful Catholic education is flourishing on many campuses, forming students morally, spiritually and intellectually, in contrast to the scandals at many wayward Catholic universities.
Planned Parenthood has killed more than 2.8 million babies since 2006 when Richards took the helm at the abortion giant — deaths Richards is responsible for as the head of Planned Parenthood.
'In any Catholic institution, the Catholic dogmatic and intellectual tradition should be the core set of values which illuminates and guides all learning and scholarship.'
Statistics such as student retention and class size cannot convey a college’s Catholic identity or its ability to nourish a student’s faith while in attendance.
Katie Washington wrote that we should “strongly disagree with any employer — religious or otherwise — that would refuse to provide full insurance coverage, including contraception, for its employees.”