First: TGIF!!!!!
A big thanks to Mark Shea, who runs a very widely-read bog at www.markshea.blogspot.com; check him out, please! He kindly promoted this blog, and answered some of my blogging questions, so go read him asap; it's worth the time. Mark is Catholic, and so am I, and he is interested in writing about the modern-day Catholic. He is also finishing production on a Christian film, so he's a busy dude.
Many visitors of this blog will not be Catholic; even at Opine Books I am the only Catholic. In Christian news this week, many are protesting President Obama's scheduled visit to Notre Dame University on the grounds that his policies are so at odds with the Catholic world view and moral imperatives re: abortion, stem cell research, etc. What do you think? Give us a shout and let us know by posting your comment. Should ND retract their invitation?
Have a great day, and may God reach you in an unexpected way today.
Deirdre
Hi, Honey (this is mom),
ReplyDeleteMy view on this has changed. If ND issued the invitation to the president, then I think they should keep it. Students and faculty may protest or might even try to start a meaningful dialog with him, hoping to open his eyes to what abortion is, beyond what he thinks it is. This is what I pray for.
P. S. Deirdre, your dad and I talked about this over breakfast. He heard that Notre Dame plans to give an honorary award to the president when he speaks. This seems to endorse his views on abortion, including no effort to save infants that survive abortion. I think this goes way too far. I wonder if anyone else has heard about this. I'd be interested to know.
ReplyDeleteDeirdre, until you posted a new post, I feared that I was killing this blog or at least this question about the President speaking at Notre Dame. Typical of new bloggers, which I am, I am thinking and deciding as I blog. As a pro-life person, I hoped for dialog with the President with Notre Dame students. Now, I learn that the speaking invitation was for the upcoming Commencement! That settled it for me. I do not think they should have invited him to speak then because his views on life before birth are completely counter to the principles and beliefs of Notre Dame and those of its students who are Christians and will be graduating soon. The school, in my view, has erred in this. I offer this latest comment as one not a Catholic but admiring Catholic moral leadership.
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