Category Archives: Catholic Institutions
May 28: C-Span Live Stream of Robert George and Douglas Kmiec Exchange
C-SPAN will be covering the moderated discussion between Professor Robert P. George (Princeton University) and Professor Douglas Kmiec (Pepperdine Law School) to take place at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The discussion with focus on “The Obama Administration and the Sanctity of Human Life: Is There a Common Ground on Life Issues? What [...]
Mary Ann Glendon: An Open Letter to Fr. Jenkins
First Things: Declining Notre Dame: A Letter from Mary Ann Glendon – Mary Ann Glendon
April 27, 2009
The Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.
President
University of Notre Dame
Dear Father Jenkins,
When you informed me in December 2008 that I had been selected to receive Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal, I was profoundly moved. I treasure the memory of receiving an [...]
There He Goes Again! Kmiec’s Latest Obamapology
Matthew Franck, Radford University
The conduct of Pepperdine’s Professor Douglas Kmiec as “house Catholic” of the Obama administration is starting to resemble a carnival freak show: “Step right up, folks, and watch the pro-life Catholic Obama supporter tie himself into knots of altogether new and fascinating shapes. Why, when he’s through, even he can’t disentangle himself!”
Weeks [...]
Hadley Arkes: A Modest Proposal for Dialogue at Notre Dame
The Catholic Thing: A Modest Proposal for Dialogue at Notre Dame – Hadley Arkes
Rev. John Jenkins, President of the University of Notre Dame, was reported to have said that he doesn’t condone President Obama’s policies, and yet he thinks it important for the president to come to Notre Dame “to engage in conversation.” Professor Hadley [...]
Moral Accountability in South Bend
Matthew J. Franck, Radford University
The genesis of MoralAccountability.com, as you can see from our mission statement, lay in the disturbing phenomenon, in the 2008 presidential campaign, of self-proclaimed “pro-life” Catholics, Evangelical Protestants, and others declaring their support for the candidacy of Barack Obama. The signers of that statement set forth as one of our goals [...]