Bishop Warns College May Lose Catholic Name for Not Cancelling Pro-Abortion Groups in Conference

LifeSite ^ | October 11, 2007 | Meg Jalsevac

[NYer]

"As Bishop of Worcester, it is my pastoral and canonical responsibility to determine what institutions can properly call themselves 'Catholic.' This is a duty that I do not take lightly since to be a Catholic institution means that such an institution conducts its mission and ministry in accord with Catholic Church teaching, especially in cases of faith and morals."

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[Suzy Quzy]

Godspeed to the Bishop!!

[ConorMacNessa]

As a graduate of a Jesuit school (Loyola Collage in Maryland, the action of Holy Cross makes me sick. I applaud Bishop McManus.

[Unam Sanctam]

God bless him — a bishop actually willing to uphold the entirety of the Catholic faith.

[massgopguy]

They should be penalized by making them play BC in football.

[Gerish]

"As an institution of higher learning, we are dedicated to the open exchange of ideas. As a Jesuit college, Holy Cross is committed to its mission of engaging with the larger culture on even the most problematic and divisive of moral and spiritual issues."

Nice try McFarland in trying to twist your mission into one of intellect and dialogue. What a wolf in sheeps clothing.

[incredulous joe]

Prayers for Bishop McManus.

I hope that Holy Cross does the right thing. It’s ashame that they need to be told right from wrong.

[steve8714]

McFarland’s mind is so open his brains fell out. He must be friends with Garanzini.

[mo]

You’ve not truly experienced the depths of Jesuit dissembling until you’ve heard one explain, with a straight face, that he took a vow of celibacy, but not chastity.

[MoMagic]

So, if they lose their name, how about “College of The D&X”?

[uncbob]

I quit donating to my Catholic College Alma Mater back in 68 when they gave in to the commies and banned ROTC

[cdcdawg]

What do you think, something like BC 45 ND 10 tomorrow?

[wordsofearnest]

BC 31 ND 21

[wordsofearnest]

And I’m a big ND fan

[Calpernia]

BTTT

[A.A. Cunningham]

It's long past time for the apostate McFarland; highly educated computer geek masquerading as a Priest, to pack his bags and hit the secular road.

[Walkingfeather]

Couple questions....

Do you think NARAL and the others approached Holy Cross and asked them to use the facility?

Highly unlikely that they would have the audacity to do that... Which leads one to this conclusion... why would this guy go out and solicit such a group onto their campus? There is the question that needs to be answered.

When people do seemingly strange things that seem totally out of context generally they have long ago compromised their reality and values for so long that a decision such as this seems within their scope of reason. Because they have been surrounded my yes men their perspective gets askew.

It is not until their decisions travel outside their context do they come into the full light of reason and reveal the motivations of the heart.

[rbosque]

Liberalism is a mental sickness. What ever happened to the mandatum?

[ccc_jr]

My alma mater too ... this would never fly at Loyola.