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Defining an ‘embarrassment’
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EDITOR:
Bishop John D’Arcy stated he will not attend Notre Dame’s graduation because the university invited President Obama to speak. He claims Obama has separated science from ethics because he supports the direct destruction of innocent life by abortion. Bishops, he claims, must teach the Catholic faith by their actions as well as by word. What hypocrisy. Are not the thousands of children molested, raped, sodomized by priests and bishops innocent lives destroyed? Yet the prestige of the church is considered more important than justice for the victims. The bishop claims he is not attacking Obama but defending truth. What truth? What is it Obama is expected to promote or deny in a graduation address yet to be delivered?
Cardinal Francis George, archbishop of Chicago and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, says Notre Dame doesn’t understand what it means to be a Catholic causing extreme embarrassment to Catholics. He urged Catholics to keep pressure on ND to cancel the invitation, though he didn’t expect the university to do so.
In 2007, the French President Nicholas Sarkozy, twice divorced, strong supporter of legal abortion, was given the title of Canon of the Basilica of St. John Lateran by the Vatican. This I could see as embarrassing to some Catholics and pro-lifers. In 2008, Pope Benedict XV was to address the students of Fapienza, a secular university in Italy. The students protested and the invitation withdrawn. This was viewed by the Vatican as a prime example of intolerance. This could be considered an embarrassment. Approve of it or not, Obama has accepted the invitation. And I am not embarrassed, in fact, proud as an American and as a Catholic to have our president speak at ND’s commencement.
JOHN F. WIRTZ
North Jackson
Comments
You're proud as an American and a Catholic to have our president speak at Notre Dame's commencement? Will you be just as proud as a Catholic when he demands to have all of the many religious signs and symbols at ND covered up, just as he did at Georgetown University?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,5...
All who voted for this man should have known that he would, with his appointment(s) to the supreme court, leave abortion as is and allow stem cell research. You voted for him and assumed he wouldn't but, as he was groomed to do, go all out for the leftist ideals.
jimiohoh-I have no idea what you are talking about, particularly after reading your second sentence. This is honestly not a grammatical critique but begs an obvious question: are you a Vindy employee?
I went to school in Youngstown
Jeff.. Every time I read one of your posts, it becomes more apparent, that you are looking for a reaction, rather than "commenting" (see heading above) . Althought digging for a reaction can sometimes be amusing, it's not always.
And just to be sure, I am not a Vindy Employee. I do believe, however, that you may be, since your "comments" lead these boards to continually move ahead, dredging up more attention, which is usually good for business.