There is probably no more beloved Catholic University, dare I say Catholic institution, than the University of Notre Dame. Late Friday, Dennis Brown sent out a press release indicating President Obama would give the commencement address on May 17 and receive an honorary degree.
President Obama is one of the most vocal and substantive [...]
Camarillo, CA, Nov 15, 2008 / 06:11 am (CNA).- Doug Kmiec, a pro-life Catholic who vocally supported President-elect Barack Obama, defended his position in a lecture Tuesday at St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, California. The law professor told attendees that if Pope Benedict told him that his support for the pro-abortion politician was out [...]
Kmiec’s claims against Denver archbishop irrelevant, false and deceptive, say analysts
Washington DC, Nov 3, 2008 / 09:02 pm (CNA).- An online ethics publication has responded to pro-Obama professor Doug Kmiec’s essay criticizing Archbishop Charles J. Chaput on his strong pro-life stance in the U.S. presidential election.
Last week, Professor Kmiec went after the Denver prelate in [...]
The U.S. presidential election is having influence in ways previously not imagined. Upon learning that Prof. Douglas Kmiec, a Catholic professor who has endorsed Barack Obama for president, was invited to speak at Seton Hill College, Bishop Lawrence Brandt issued a statement expressing his displeasure and saying that Kmiec “distorts Catholic teaching.”
According to Bishop Brandt, [...]
