The Red Catholic

Without too much fanfare, Fr. Jenkins has torpedoed Notre Dame’s standing as a Catholic Institution. Yes, there were protests and a few million of withdrawn support, but overall the Catholic community has failed to hold itself to its own standards of ethics and morality.

Here, in Dubuque, Iowa, one of the two Catholic colleges invited Congressman Bruce Braley to speak at their commencement. Clarke College, a “Catholic” college followed Notre Dame’s lead and made the decision to award an honorary doctors of laws degree during their commence which occurred May 9.

Both “Catholic” colleges took the extraordinary steps to not just invite pro-abortion politicians to speak at their commencements, but to bestow upon them an honor from the institution. I can’t say I would be happy to have Congressman Braley speak at any Catholic anything, but the officials at Clarke College obviously had seen and heard about the Notre Dame controversy and took cover under the illustrious wings of the formerly most prestigious Catholic university in the country and followed their lead. Notre Dame’s decision to honor a radical pro-choice President has now set the standard in Catholic academia, and it has been lowered.

My beloved Notre Dame has let me down, my beloved Dubuque Catholic community has let me down and soon, I suspect, the standard will be so low that there will be little difference between Clarke College and Notre Dame and the University of Iowa and Berkley. Maybe that’s why they are “liberal” arts institutions.