Bishops, Pro-Life Leaders Slam Notre Dame Pro-Abortion Appointment as ‘Slap in Face,’ ‘Betrayal’

Bishops, pro-life leaders slam Notre Dame pro-abortion appointment as ‘slap in face,’ ‘betrayal’

(OSV News) — The naming of a pro-abortion faculty member as head of a Catholic university research institute is “a direct slap in the face to the Church’s moral tradition,” an Illinois bishop said, while several recipients of the school’s top pro-life award have called it a “betrayal.” The controversy has even echoed within the Vatican, with the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life responding to a question on the matter Feb. 17. Previous…

Notre Dame pro-life award recipients express 'profound sadness' over promotion of pro-abortion professor

Several recipients of the University of Notre Dame’s Evangelium Vitae Award, which celebrates those committed to pro-life values, penned a Feb. 16 letter to the school’s… The post Notre Dame pro-life award recipients express ‘profound sadness’ over promotion of pro-abortion professor appeared first on CatholicVote org.

Vatican Official Says Notre Dame Controversy Shows Need for Dialogue on Abortion

The Church should engage with universities about how to take ‘an ethical approach’ to the dignity of unborn life, the president of the Pontifical Academy for...

Bishops, pro-life leaders slam Notre Dame pro-abortion appointment as 'slap in face,' 'betrayal'

The naming of a pro-abortion faculty member as head of a Catholic university research institute is “a direct slap in the face to the Church’s moral tradition,” an Illinois bishop said, while several recipients of the school’s top pro-life award have called it a “betrayal.” The controversy has even echoed within the Vatican, with the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life responding to a question on the matter Feb. 17. Those comments join a…