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The “First Anti-Catholic ‘Catholic’ President” and Notre Dame
The transmogrification of Joe Biden from a defender of Catholic Church teachings to our “first anti-Catholic ‘Catholic’ president,” in the words of Catholic author and
Students Leftward Ho! and Jenkinsgate
We pick up where we left off before the holidays in chronicling events involving politics and public figures bearing on Notre Dame’s Catholic identity. In
Notre Dame Day 2020
Vote for Catholic Identity In case you haven’t heard, the 29-hour giveathon — Notre Dame Day — begins Monday, October 26 at 6:42 pm ET. But there’s
Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Lou Holtz, Amy Barrett, and Father Jenkins
In this bulletin we report on recent developments bearing on the appointment of Pete Buttigeig to the Notre Dame faculty; the reproof by Fr. Jenkins
Supporting Amy Coney Barrett
To the Senate Judiciary Committee As we have said before, Judge Amy Coney Barrett is, in all respects, an estimable candidate for the next Associate
Thanksgiving for Barrett’s Nomination
Bearing Faithful Witness Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its
Father Jenkins, Lou Holtz, & Joe Biden
Strange Happenings in Father Jenkins’s Office There have been strange and revelatory happenings in the President’s Office at Notre Dame during the political conventions just
Mayor Pete, Notre Dame, and the Church
Mayor Pete, Notre Dame, and the Church In late June, Notre Dame announced that Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend and erstwhile Democratic presidential candidate,
The New York Times and Notre Dame
As we reported last year, at the instance of student government Notre Dame is providing every student a free online subscription to the New York
Drowning in BS
Introduction We reproduce below a searing indictment of American higher education by Dr. Christian Smith, the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Sociology at Notre Dame.
Civil Discourse Double Standard
Introduction After its utter silence in response to a horrific poster and video attacking faithfully Catholic members of the university this past fall, the Notre
Call for Unity and Justice
A few days ago on June 1, several hundred members of the Notre Dame community gathered on campus in prayerful reflection on the death of