Posted on 04/04/2022 5:58:46 PM PDT by marshmallow
Peter Kilpatrick announced an LGBT ‘pride’ month at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2021 and encouraged members of the university community to participate in ‘pride’ events.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – The Catholic University of America (CUA) named a new president this week who recently declared an LGBT “pride” month at an Illinois university and encouraged students to join “pride” parades.
CUA announced Tuesday that Peter K. Kilpatrick, the current provost of Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), has been appointed the next leader of the D.C.-based Catholic university. Kilpatrick, 65, will take office in July, succeeding John Garvey, CUA’s president of 12 years.
A chemical engineer, Kilpatrick has spent more than four decades in academia, mostly in secular institutions, according to CUA. He worked for over 20 years as a professor in North Carolina State University’s chemical engineering department before becoming dean of engineering at the University of Notre Dame in 2008. IIT tapped him as provost and vice president for academic affairs in 2018.
Kilpatrick is an adult convert to the Catholic Church and described his role at CUA as “bringing together faith and reason in service to the human person and human dignity.”
His record at IIT shows that he hasn’t always been faithful to Church teaching on gender and sexuality, however. In a letter dated June 7, 2021, Kilpatrick and IIT’s then-president Alan W. Cramb announced that the university would celebrate LGBT “pride” month and called on members of the university community to take part in Chicago “pride” parades.
“As you know, June marks Pride Month, an opportunity to honor and celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) members of our community,” wrote Kilpatrick and Cramb. “We hope that you will join us in honoring Pride Month and the important history behind it,” including.....
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Ugh. As an alumna, I am fearful where this will all lead...
No longer Christian. You can worship sin or be a Christian. You cannot do both.
You cannot.
Homosexuality and pride are sins for Catholics.
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