Bishop Doran expresses "Dismay and Outrage" with ND Decision
Rockford Bishop Doran : ‘Dismay and Outrage’ at Notre Dame Honor for President Obama The following is the text of the letter provided by Bishop Thomas G. Doran to The Cardinal Newman Society : March 31, 2009 Reverend John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. President University of Notre Dame 400 Main Building Notre Dame, IN 46556 Dear President Jenkins: I wish to express in my own name and on behalf of the Catholic community of this Diocese, my dismay and outrage at your decision to invite the current President of the United States to address the 2009 graduates of the University of Notre Dame and to receive an honorary degree. This decision of your flies in the face of the expressed directive of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in the year 2004, that Catholic institutions not so honor those who profess opposition to the Church’s doctrine on abortion and embryonic stem cell research. I would ask that you rescind this unfortunate ...