Group Wants Notre Dame Removed From Catholic Directory Over Obama Invite The American Life League says removing Notre Dame from the Official Catholic Directory would cut it off from a lot of Catholic foundation funding. FOXNews.com Wednesday, April 08, 2009 The American Life League is calling for the University of Notre Dame to be removed from the official list of Catholic institutions after the university invited President Obama, an abortion-rights supporter, to give the commencement address. The group, a Catholic pro-life organization, said in a statement Wednesday that removing the school from the Official Catholic Directory would cut Notre Dame...