[don-o]

Ouch.

[al_c]

As Easter approaches, in addition to looking upward, Catholics would be wise to look inward this year

Yep! I'm amazed at how many of my brethren voted for and still support TOTUS and his anti-Christian policies.

[Earthdweller]

"...someone whose abortion position is, even by some liberal accounts, extreme."

He's a murderer. The Church and ND are giving an honor to a murderer.

If you think this won't hurt the Church overall, you haven't a brain cell in your head.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Big on style, true.

Not “questionable” on substance — absolutely negative on substance. Hates most of what they stand for.

[EyeGuy]

“Catholic Identity Crisis”.

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I wonder why.

Is the staunchly, in-your-face, pro-abortion Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi still allowed to receive Holy Communion at her local parish?

[meandog]

Catholics have always played an uneasy role in presidential politics....John Kerry wasn't Catholic enough, and so we watched him awkwardly cozy up to Catholic voters by publicly attending Mass. And last year, 53% of them seemingly put one of the most important tenets of their belief system on hold and anointed a pro-choice President. If Notre Dame is having a hard time explaining its invitation to Obama, Catholics will have an even harder time explaining their vote in 2008.

Because American "Catholics" act more like Episcopalians than Roman Catholics (Those in Ireland, Poland, etc.)

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

"Many Catholics are angry that the University of Notre Dame, a private Catholic institution with a 90% Christian enrollment and a crucifix in every classroom, has asked President Obama to speak at its coming commencement.... Their collective outrage is understandable. Obama is one of the most liberal pro-choice Democrats on record, and someone whose abortion position is, even by some liberal accounts, extreme."

Make no mistake , the people promoting this kind of stuff are not believing Catholics. The colleges were infiltrated by liberals, perverts, heretics, and anti-Catholics. Which category he falls into, take your pick.

[presidio9]

ping

[Scotswife]

I don’t know why this is “news”.

Of course - being from the Rochester, NY diocese I’ve been watching this liberal catholic vs. orthodox catholic tension going on for some time now.

You’ve got the catholics who actually believe church teaching and consider abortiont to be the primary social issue.

You’ve got your “social justice” catholics who focus on the poor, the death penalty, and seem strangley unconcerned with abortion. They will get upset about Walmart coming to town. These are Barak voters.

And then there are CINO’s, the Christmas/Easter crowd, and the non-practicing group who call themselves catholic, but don’t care too much about the teaching....

It’s really not that hard to understand.

[NYer]

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[rogator]

Easy to explain.
Lots of jack-Catholic laypeople led by too many jack-Catholic priests and bishops.
No surprise here.

[Antoninus]

No identity crisis here. No child of mine will ever attend Notre Dame. I value their souls too much.

[TASMANIANRED]

They were snake charmed.

[Paul Ross]

...and its president, the Rev. John Jenkins, has said he cannot foresee any reason to rescind it.

H'mmm. How about being de-frocked and ex-communicated for apostasy?