Showing posts with label Notre Dame University. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Notre Dame University. Show all posts
Friday, August 9, 2019

Ruth Krall, Moral Corruption in the Religious Commons (1)

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Theodore Rombouts, (1597-1617), "Christ Driving the Money-Changers from the Temple" (i) My house shall be called a house o...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Franklin Graham's Response to Students Walking Out on Mike Pence at Graduation: Quintessence of Christofascism

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Diane Winston , "A Pence Presidency Would Give Margaret Atwood's Dystopian Vision a Run for its Money": 
Saturday, May 20, 2017

Commentary on Evangelical Leader Mike Pence and His Role in Trump's Administration: "Bobblehead," "Willingness to Lie for Trump Knows No Bounds"

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Rolando has pointed us in a rcent comment to some valuable analysis of the role being played by vice-president Mike Pence — a noted ...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Barbara Blaine Tells Story of SNAP's Founding, St. Louis Priest Attacks SNAP, Discussion of Yoder's Legacy Continues: New Notes on Abuse Crisis

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This week, National Catholic Reporter  is publishing a week-long series of articles looking back at the sexual abuse crisis in the C...
Thursday, June 25, 2015

John Howard Yoder's Story at Notre Dame University, and the Continuing Damage That Heterosexism Does to Catholic Institutions

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Yesterday, I noted that Catholic culture (at an official level) remains irredeemably heterosexist, and has gotten even more so in re...
Tuesday, April 7, 2015

New Ways Ministry on Catholics Responding to Anti-Gay "Religious Freedom" Laws: Bishops Continue Advocating for "Right to Discriminate" Laws

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At the New Ways Ministry blog, Bondings 2.0, today, Bob Shine summarizes various Catholic responses to the anti-gay "religious ...
Sunday, June 7, 2009

Mr. Obama and the Golden Rule: Morality Depends on Moving Beyond Words to Actions

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I have persistently suggested that ( e.g. here and here ), by remaining silent regarding one of the key human rights issues of his presiden...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Newt Continues His Reign: Eric Boehlert on Mainstream Media's Reliance on Gingrich for Catholic Stories

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In my assessments of President Obama’s commencement address at Notre Dame this past weekend, I noted that the mainstream media continued it...
Monday, May 18, 2009

Post Post-Mortem: Obama's Notre Dame Appearance

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As I said earlier today, I realize we play right into the hands of those who are manufacturing the bogus Catholics-vs.-Obama meme, in contin...

Circumventing the Bishops: Catholics in the Public Square in Light of Obama's Notre Dame Speech

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The cooked-up controversy over President Obama’s appearance at Notre Dame is now over, and those seeking to undermine the new president in a...
Sunday, May 17, 2009

Mr. Obama Shines at Notre Dame: Disparate Reflections on the Commencement Address and the Occasion

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Some thoughts about President Obama's commencement address at Notre Dame today, which I've just watched live at MSNBC: The president...
Saturday, May 16, 2009

Notre Dame, Anti-Abortion Extremists, and the Pastoral Failure of the U.S. Catholic Bishops

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Because the president's appearance at Notre Dame tomorrow is creating a media feeding frenzy this weekend, I want to reissue this 11 May...
Thursday, May 14, 2009

The Attack on Harry Knox Now Full-Fledged: Test of Obama Administration's Moral Foundations

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Sometimes I don’t enjoy being right. It’s painful to look down a road and see what lies ahead, to realize that what lies ahead might be avo...
Saturday, May 9, 2009

Conundrum for a Rainy Saturday: Links Tying Some Catholic Activists to Rhetoric of Hate

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These are the people bringing you this , which includes this and this . This man sits on the governing board of the people bringing you...
Thursday, May 7, 2009

Coerced Morality and the Pastoral Failure of the American Catholic Bishops: More Reflections in Light of Notre Dame-Obama Controversy

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Two recent statements by influential thinkers in the American Catholic church deserve particular attention, it seems to me. The first is Th...
Friday, April 3, 2009

Cardinal Francis George on Notre Dame as Extreme Embarrassment: Who's the Embarrassment?

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Cardinal Francis George, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, characterizes Notre Dame’s invitation of President O...

A Reader Writes: Thugs?! The Cardinal Newman Society? Really?

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In response to yesterday's posting about the Cardinal Newman Society and Notre Dame's invitation of President Obama as its commencem...