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I was personally sickened by it. It was an Obama campaign speech and a recitation of the liberals manifesto. It equated a host of social justice issues to abortion and made engagement with evil an acceptable substitute for confronting and defeating evil.

me too.

Notice his comment: Pope Benedict said last year from the South Lawn of the White House: “I am confident that the American people will find in their religious beliefs a precious source of insight and an inspiration to pursue reasoned, responsible and respectful dialogue in the effort to build a more humane and free society.”

Typical cafeteria approach to picking and choosing words without the context in which they were said. It seems Fr. Jenkins tuned out when Pope Benedict went to the heart of the matter in his address to educators.

In regard to faculty members at Catholic colleges universities, I wish to reaffirm the great value of academic freedom. In virtue of this freedom you are called to search for the truth wherever careful analysis of evidence leads you. Yet it is also the case that any appeal to the principle of academic freedom in order to justify positions that contradict the faith and the teaching of the Church would obstruct or even betray the university's identity and mission; a mission at the heart of the Church’s munus docendi and not somehow autonomous or independent of it.
Teachers and administrators, whether in universities or schools, have the duty and privilege to ensure that students receive instruction in Catholic doctrine and practice. This requires that public witness to the way of Christ, as found in the Gospel and upheld by the Church's Magisterium, shapes all aspects of an institution’s life, both inside and outside the classroom. Divergence from this vision weakens Catholic identity and, far from advancing freedom, inevitably leads to confusion, whether moral, intellectual or spiritual.

You can read the entire address at the following link.

MEETING WITH CATHOLIC EDUCATORS - ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI