Campus speakers: why they matter
Appeals to academic freedom, free speech and conscience should never be allowed to undermine a Catholic college’s commitment to truth and the moral good.
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Articles tagged Notre Dame University
Catholic commencement scandals dishonor class of 2016
By honoring those who disregard Catholic teaching, administrators at these Catholic colleges send a dangerous message to students and betray the religious mission of their institutions.
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Notre Dame sends ‘mixed signals’ by honoring both Biden and Little Sisters of the Poor
'All in all, it’s a sad message Notre Dame sends: Principles are a fine thing—just don’t let them get in the way of a comfortable place in society.'
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Notre Dame faculty call on university to rescind award to Biden
'This year, Notre Dame has chosen to honor power at the expense of truth.'
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Notre Dame students criticize university for giving top award to pro-abort Joe Biden
'We deserve to see the Laetare Medal given to an American Catholic who merits it by having served as an outstanding example for Catholics and having performed real service to the Church in this country.'
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Notre Dame should be honouring witnesses for the Faith, not pro-abortion leaders: Catholic colleges
'Notre Dame is a good university, but at the same time it has put its foot in its mouth one too many times and in too many ways.'
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Bishop rebukes Notre Dame for ‘scandal’ of honoring pro-abortion VP Joe Biden
'We should not honor those who claim to personally accept Church teaching, but act contrary to that teaching in their political choices.'
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University of Notre Dame to give ‘most prestigious’ award to pro-abort Joe Biden
This scandal critically harms Notre Dame’s efforts to fulfill its Catholic mission as an educational institution and its responsibilities as an evangelizing arm of the Church.
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Black Lives Matter activists at Notre Dame: We don’t need ‘Christian, cis-heteronormative man’ like MLK to lead
'As we’re fighting structural racism, we’re also fighting the patriarchy, we’re also fighting transphobia, xenophobia and the like,' said Opal Tometi, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Notre Dame open to officially recognizing alumni group supporting same-sex ‘marriage’
'We appreciate GALA’s work supporting our LGBTQ alumni through their organization — and our students with their scholarship efforts,' Dolly Duffy, Alumni Association executive director said.
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