If abortion advocate Prof. Susan Ostermann’s appointment is allowed to stand, the hollowness of the claim that Catholic character informs all Notre Dame’s endeavors will be painfully exposed.
The signatories are not listed. This contrasts with a similar statement issued by the Patriarchs in 2006, which was signed, more carefully framed, and explicitly directed against extreme forms of Christian Zionism.
As agents of a duly established government operating within the bounds of its constitution and the natural law, federal agents possess the authority to enforce the law, including by coercion. Opposed to this is the whole coalition of the contemporary left.
The laity’s obligations are found in the precepts of the Church, the first of which obliges them to attend Mass on Sunday. But the law of the Church is silent on the question of where Catholics must fulfill their Sunday obligation.
From the February issue: Virgil’s indelible image of Aeneas in flight from Troy, with Anchises on his shoulders and Ascanius toddling along behind, is a picture of courage as gratifying to the Roman mind as one could wish.
