ND Alumnus' Response To 2009 Notre Dame Commencement Scandal- Obama Honored as Principle Speaker

Turning a shameful decision into a teachable moment.
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[charlesND95]

Commenting period on this video has come to a close. Many thanks for the lively and civil dialogue.

The final word re: ND's honoring of Obama, the "Greatest Scandal", comes from Zenit News Agency:

[Cardinal Cipriani] suggested that this type of controversy has been around since the beginning of the Church, with the difference that before, "those who dissented left the Church; today they stay within, and this seems to me that it requires of us, for love of the Church, a bit more firmness."

[charlesND95]

"Just as one speech cannot erase Obama's longstanding record of combating even the most negligible protections for unborn human life, so one commencement ceremony cannot resolve the long-brewing struggle for the soul of Catholic

higher ed. For many pro-life Catholics, Sunday did not mark the end of that struggle or the defeat of their cause. It served as a summons to GREATER VIGILANCE and ACTIVISM that they will not soon forget."

-Colleen C. Campbell, fellow at the Ethics & Public Policy Cntr

[charlesND95]

On the evening of that 1st day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the DISCIPLES were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst ... (Jesus) said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." ... he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained." Jn 20:19-23.

Celebrating 2000+yrs of infallible teaching by our Magisterium. Happy Pentecost!

[charlesND95]

WOW!

Don't miss the outstanding interview of Mary Ann Glendon on EWTN's "The World Over".

Glendon, the Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard, was U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican from '07 to '09. Named president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences by Pope JPII in '04, she served on the U.S. Presidents Council on Bioethics and was head of the Holy Sees delegation to the U.N. Womens Conf. in Beijing in '95. She is a world-renowned scholar of law, philosophy, and political theory.

[charlesND95]

wittumy,

I am a sinner who accepts the entire teaching of the Church.

CCC#867 The Church is holy: the Most Holy God is her author; Christ, her bridegroom, gave himself up to make her holy; the Spirit of holiness gives her life. Since she still includes sinners, she is "the sinless one made up of sinners."

869 The Church ... is indestructible (cf. Mt 16:18). She is upheld infallibly in the truth: Christ governs her through Peter and the other apostles, who are present in their successors...

[wittumy]

CalifSun...you better be getting that explanation of why you voted to support the death penalty and unjust wars for when you meet God. You might also be ready to explain why the living who are needy are ignored by you. God values all life...not just the unborn. I pray for your forgiveness.

[wittumy]

charlesnd...I'm a sinner also. I choose to not accept the entire teaching of the Church. Your sins and my sins are personal....they're for God to judge.

[CalifSunshine2008]

"Whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him." (John 3:36).

[CalifSunshine2008]

Jesus replied, 'If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him' " (John 14:23).

[wittumy]

Califsun....God will judge us all you are correct. I welcome God's judgement...it's yours I think that should be kept to yourself.