President Focuses Notre Dame Speech On His Vision For Overcoming Religious Differences President Barack Obama is hooded as he receives an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Laws during commencement ceremonies at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., yesterday. (Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press) President Barack Obama received a controversial honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame yesterday and delivered a commencement keynote address focused on religious differences and his vision for overcoming them. Mr. Obama acknowledged his appearance at the country’s foremost Catholic university had caused controversy over his stance on abortion, but he told of a story...