(Liberal) Catholic Educators Uneasy About New Conservative University

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[narses]

Ping.

[friendly]

Same liberal geniuses who thought it would be a great idea to let gays become priests in drovesa in the '70's and '80's.

[Siobhan]

"Tom Monaghan has the agenda of a right-wing Republican, and he happens to confuse that with the teachings of the Catholic Church," commented Richard P. McBrien, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame. "I wish he had spent his money the way a really good Catholic would: helping the poor; helping inner-city schools, which are being suffocated through lack of money; helping the aged and infirm. Those are the teachings of Jesus Christ."

Someone should send Richard P. McBrien to do missionary work in Somalia.

[narses]

Yep. Fr. McBrien calls the Words of Consecration "Hocus=Pocus"!

[narses]

With Cardinal Kasper as his acolyte.

[PoisedWoman]

Naples is a good place for conservative university. Residents in that area are politically conservative and will be happy to have a place to send their offspring.

[fellowpatriot]

"Tom Monaghan has the agenda of a right-wing Republican, and he happens to confuse that with the teachings of the Catholic Church," commented Richard P. McBrien, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame.

No, I don't think that Tom Monaghan is the one who's confused here.

[TradicalRC]

Its about time! My wife attended a Catholic college in Dubuque, IA where the nuns openly supported abortion and homosexuality. Perhaps, by the time my daughters are of age, I could send them to Ave Maria.

[Kuksool]

{Tom Monaghan has the agenda of a right-wing Republican, and he happens to confuse that with the teachings of the Catholic Church}

Talk about casting the first stone! Many Catholic liberals confuse the Gospels of Christ with the DNC Platform. Just ask Nancy Pelosoi.

[Alberta's Child]

"Tom Monaghan has the agenda of a right-wing Republican, and he happens to confuse that with the teachings of the Catholic Church," commented Richard P. McBrien, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame.

This is the best line of the whole article. May the good Lord forgive my stray tongue, but Mr. McBrien is a flaming @sshole. And if he has concerns about this university, then it must be a great idea.

I happen to know that Monaghan's goal in life is to die broke, and this effort is one of the ways he is going about it.

I do have a question about something raised in this article, though. I was not aware that Robert Bork is a Catholic -- I know his wife is, but I'm pretty sure he is not.

[Buckeye Bomber]

Yeah, what an idiot. Jesus never talked about feeding the poor or helping the elderly or anything like that. He wants us to have conservative schools where abortionists and liberals are stoned. [Do not take these statements as support of liberals or abortion, both of which are very bad.] I'm so glad someone finally decided to put their foot down and say "Enough of using Jesus's name to help the poor and educate humans in things other than the Bible!"

[narses]

I'd suggest you study Fr. McBrien's works and the work of the man he is criticizing.

[George W. Bush]

Uh-oh. An upstart conservative RC university with the money to make itself a first-rate institution. I like the part where the liberal RC colleges are nervous about the new one.

[Slyfox]

commented Richard P. McBrien..."I wish he had spent his money the way a really good Catholic would: helping the poor; helping inner-city schools, which are being suffocated through lack of money; helping the aged and infirm. Those are the teachings of Jesus Christ."

I am sure something was said about instructing the ignorant.

[Desdemona]

McBrien, take a hike.

[Arthur McGowan]

I do have a question about something raised in this article, though. I was not aware that Robert Bork is a Catholic -- I know his wife is, but I'm pretty sure he is not.

Correct.

[Arthur McGowan]

But stay tuned.

[Kryptonite]

More discussion posted here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/839557/posts

Who can help me with the html coding/linking I seem to have forgotten?

[dighton]

... educators and administrators ...

Which is a sign from heaven, "rubbish follows."