[TheCrusader]

I read the whole article and I didn't see where it said that professor Roche at Notre Dame was Catholic. It is widely known (or at least it should be by now) that a great many profs, including theologians, at Catholic Universities are not Catholics. If Roche isn't Catholic then the article is just another red herring by the NTY. And if he is Catholic, it's a great reminder of why the Pope wrote a directive two years ago to all Catholic Universties in America asking them to return to traditional Catholic teachings.

[PintailConservative]

As a catholic high school seinor currently looking at different universities, the Dean's exclamation of his support for Kerry is distressing. However, as an institution, Notre Dame seems to embrace its catholic heritage more than any of the Jesuit institutions i have visited. Both Boston College and Georgetown seem to run away from thier Catholic roots by downplaying the influence of faith in student life. From my own observations, Notre Dame appears to value thier Catholic heritage, as well as its influence on the student body. On a whole, the left wing trend of the Roman Catholic Church's beaurocracy is nothing new...just look at the Vatican's dennunciation of the War in Iraq. These "pacifists" blow the turn the other cheek doctrine way out of proportion and have a hard time advocating millitary action in any situation. Furthermore, regardless of the genocide in the middle east and third world, there is the genocide of innocent unborn children murdered by progressive postmodernists.