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| Obama speaks, St. Thomas Aquinas weeps. |
| 2009-03-31 |
| I seriously doubt it will do much good, tranzi that he appears to be, but I fired one off anyway. President@nd.edu Dear Father Jenkins: Providing a learned, revisionary interpretation of famous church writings is one thing. Providing a platform for the most radical social revisionist and abortion advocate to ever arrive at the White House is yet another. Please re-think your decision regarding the Notre Dame 2009 Commencement Speaker. Most respectfully, AUTO RESPONSE: Thank you for your comments. Due to the volume of e-mails that I receive, I am not able to respond to every message individually, but please know that your e-mail will be reviewed and considered. Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. President |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 'Moose, that is very good news about Sibelius. It would be good if other bishops would step up and follow suit and refuse communion to people like Pelosi et al. (I don't know if Ted Kennedy even pretends to be Catholic any more since he is divorced and remarried.) |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-03-31 21:27 |
| #2 As a Roman Catholic myself and a product of a catholic school education I am appalled at Notre Dame's action here. I wonder if it would be different if the signature read "Rev. John I. Jenkins, S.J."? |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2009-03-31 11:56 |
| #1 This is causing quite a stir among Catholics, some of whom are putting their foot down. The secularists had a major defeat last week when Gov Sibelius was directed by her bishop to stop taking communion. Importantly this was backed by two other bishops, which makes it semi-official doctrine. This matters because while there are a lot of priests who would give her communion, this will now put them in direct confrontation with their bishop. It also is a strong signal to other American and Canadian bishops that now is the time to bar other faux-Catholic politicians from receiving communion. This could put a bunch of them on the spot, and makes a great bargaining chip against the administration trying to liberalize abortion. There are about 150+ nominally Catholic senators and congressmen. They are the largest religious denomination in congress. They have now been put on notice. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-03-31 09:54 |