From Fred Freddoso
Dear Friends,
I wish that the graduation controversy would go away, but there are powerful forces out there that insist on giving self-serving interpretations of what happened last spring. And especially with Ralph McInerny still warm in his grave, I can't in good conscience let this sort of shameful and shoddy thinking pass without notice. The latest culprit is Richard Yanikoski, the president of the Association of
Well, what follows is a letter to the editor of Today's Catholic giving, shall we say, an alternative interpretation of the events of last spring. I don't know whether or not the letter will be printed, but I wanted to share it with you in any case.
(The letter referred to below of Theresa Thomas is on the previous post)
By the way, if you do check out the article by clicking on the above link, make sure also to check out Theresa Thomas's column on page 16. (Actually, here's a direct link to her column.) Somehow I doubt whether many presidents of Catholic colleges and universities understand people like Theresa.
Fred
The protest arose not from any partisan political agenda, but from the depths of the Catholic Faith as the expression of a genuine sensus fidelium. And it was aimed at the infidelity and hypocrisy of some powerful (in the worldly sense) Catholics who were expected to know better.
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From “Today’s Catholic”
Richard A. Yanikoski, president
of the Association of Catholic
Colleges and Universities, said one
lesson learned in 2009 is to keep
frustration about political outcomes
in its proper forum.
Internal Revenue Service
restrictions bar tax-exempt organizations,
including churches, from
speaking publicly about candidates
in a campaign, though they can
talk about issues, he explained.
“So, in a way,” he said, “the situation
that arose at Notre Dame
created the first national flash point
for a whole lot of people who
wanted to comment specifically on
Barack Obama to do that at the
expense of the commencement at
Notre Dame.”
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