[Jeff Chandler]

The likelihood of interdiction at Notre Dame this spring is vanishingly small

It was probably never even considered.

[wintertime]

the carefully worded 2004 document from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, released after years of deliberation and compromise. “Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles,” the bishops had agreed.

The murder of the unborn requires "years" of "deliberation"? Huh? ...and even "COMPROMISE"?????

UNBELIEVABLE! These "men" are bishops? What weenies!

Yes, I am shouting. Why are Catholics tolerating this and what is the plan? What does the common Catholic intend to do about their so-called "leadership"?

[wintertime]

But, in fact, they live in a distant world, attenuated and alone. Opposition to abortion doesn’t belong at the absolute center of Catholic theology. It doesn’t belong at the perfect center of Catholic faith.

If Christ, His atonement, and resurrection are the bedrock of Christian faith, then defense of the unborn stands in this inner most "center".

Sorry...But, this writer and I must not share the same faith in regards to "Christianity".

[the invisib1e hand]

Thank you for posting. I hadn't, in all the commotion, heard either Ex Corde Ecclesiae or “Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles...They should not be given awards, honors, or platforms which would suggest support for their actions" mentioned at all prior to reading this, though I see Bishop D'Arcy did invoke the latter.

Obama is simply a tool, one of many, in the kit of a Master Craftsman who is putting the finishing touches on His Masterpiece, The Church. He's a chisel, shaving off a little rough spot.

There will be other chisels. Who will remember them, when beholding the radiant, eternal Masterpiece?

[mom-7]

Mr. Jenkins(I refuse to refer to him as Father) would do well. to call to mind the old saying, “pride cometh before the fall”.

[Salvation]

The Catholic Church will win this fight. Notre Dame as an institution of higher learning has already lost.

$$14 mil for starters from alumni.

Keep going alumni. Give your money to something local.