Category Archives: Catholic Identity Abuse

Catholic Universities to Fight Mandate in Court

May 21, 2012 – 2:13 pm

Four Catholic institutions of higher learning earlier today became plaintiffs in separate, federal lawsuits filed against the Department of Health and Human Services. The lawsuits seek to overturn the HHS contraception that would force Catholic institutions to pay for health insurance coverage that includes both contraception and abortion-inducing drugs, regardless of the moral repugnance. The [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Abortion, Contraception, Student Life, The Bishops, Uncategorized | Comments Off

Patrick Deneen: Why Georgetown Got It Wrong

May 21, 2012 – 11:50 am

The Washington Post lectured those supposedly benighted souls who opposed Georgetown University’s commencement day invitation to pro-abortion rights HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in an editorial headlined “Georgetown Gets It Right.” Patrick J. Deneen, who recently announced his resignation from his post as Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown, citing a lack of Catholic identity at [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Ex corde Ecclesiae, Faculty, Religious Liberty, Catholic Identity Policy, Media, Contraception, Abortion | Comments Off

New York Times on Sebelius at Georgetown and Cardinal Newman Society Petition

May 18, 2012 – 10:54 am

The New York Times reports this morning on the controversy surrounding “pro-choice” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ speech today at a Georgetown University commencement ceremony and takes note of The Cardinal Newman Society’s efforts to have the invitation rescinded. Looking for the political angle, right off the bat the Times article mischaracterizes the opposition to Sebelius’ being [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Catholic Identity Policy, Contraception, Ex corde Ecclesiae, Faculty, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

‘Exorcist’ Author, Georgetown Alumni Preparing Canon Lawsuit

May 18, 2012 – 12:35 am

Georgetown University alumni, students and others are preparing a canon law suit to be filed with the Archdiocese of Washington and the Vatican, seeking remedies “up to and including the possible removal or suspension of top-ranked Georgetown’s right to call itself Catholic or Jesuit in its fundraising and representations to applicants.” The effort is being [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Jesuits, Uncategorized | Comments (2)

CNS Sends More Than 26,000 Signatures to Georgetown Opposing Invitation to HHS Secretary Sebelius

May 16, 2012 – 10:12 am

The Cardinal Newman Society is sending to Georgetown University President John DeGioia the names of more than 26,000 people who joined an open letter urging Georgetown to cancel an invitation to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at a diploma ceremony this Friday. The results are also being shared with Cardinal Donald [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Alumni, Faculty, Pope Benedict XVI, Religious Liberty, The Bishops | Comments Off

Boston College Law School: Standing by Victoria Kennedy

May 14, 2012 – 3:55 pm

While one Catholic college has rescinded an invitation to “pro-choice” Catholic Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, to deliver a commencement address, another reportedly publicly reaffirmed on Friday that it is standing by its decision to host Mrs. Kennedy on commencement day. Boston College Law School last week reportedly made it clear [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Abortion, Contraception, Law Schools, Strong Catholic Identity, Uncategorized | Comments Off

Washington Archdiocese Begins to Respond to Sebelius at Georgetown

May 14, 2012 – 2:58 pm

Criticism of Georgetown University’s invitation to “pro-choice” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak on commencement day this Friday is featured on the Archdiocese of Washington’s website and in an editorial in the Archdiocesan newspaper. [Tell Georgetown to withdraw the invite to Sebelius - sign the petition at GeorgetownScandal.com] Although neither critique is an official statement from [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Religious Liberty, The Bishops | Comments Off

National Catholic Register: Why Sebelius Needs Georgetown

May 11, 2012 – 1:37 pm

“There is a reason ‘pro-choice’ Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius hasn’t quietly bowed out of delivering a commencement-day address at Georgetown University May 18,” suggests The Cardinal Newman Society’s Charlotte Hays in The National Catholic Register today. [Tell Georgetown to withdraw the invite to Sebelius - sign the petition at GeorgetownScandal.com] “Sebelius needs Georgetown more [...]

By Adam Wilson | Also posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off

EWTN Devotes Entire Radio Show to Georgetown Commencement Day Scandal

May 11, 2012 – 1:20 pm

You won’t want to miss EWTN Radio at 2 p.m. EASTERN this afternoon for a special segment of “Register Radio” devoted to examining Georgetown University’s decision to give HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius a graduation platform. [Tell Georgetown to withdraw the invite to Sebelius - sign the petition at GeorgetownScandal.com] In a roundtable discussion, National Catholic Register [...]

By Adam Wilson | Also posted in Faculty, Jesuits, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

New, Must-See Video on Georgetown Graduation Scandal

May 11, 2012 – 9:33 am

In only a week, thousands upon thousands of people have joined The Cardinal Newman Society in urging Georgetown University to rescind its invitation to HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius to speak at a graduation ceremony. Now, CNS has released a new video calling on more Catholics and others concerned for religious liberty to “tell Georgetown to [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Religious Liberty, The Bishops | Comments Off

Georgetown Professors Oppose Sebelius, Others Support Contraception

May 10, 2012 – 11:31 am

Georgetown Associate Professor of Government Patrick Deneen told The Cardinal Newman Society this morning that he “just hit the send” button on his joint faculty letter asking Georgetown President John J. DeGioia to rescind an invitation to “pro-choice” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at the Jesuit university on commencement day. [Tell Georgetown to withdraw the [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Abortion, Catholic Identity Policy, Contraception, Faculty, Jesuits, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

Population Control Guru Is Commencement Speaker at DePaul University

May 9, 2012 – 9:25 pm

DePaul University, the largest Catholic university in America, has invited one of the foremost population control advocates who once called Christianity “the most dangerous of devotions” to speak at the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and College of Science and Health commencement ceremony. E.O. Wilson, a Harvard professor and two-time winner of the [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

CNS President on FOX News: ‘Catholics Are Fed Up With This’

May 9, 2012 – 5:54 pm

Patrick Reilly, president of The Cardinal Newman Society, was featured on “FOX and Friends” this morning on the FOX News Channel, discussing Georgetown University’s invitation to Kathleen Sebelius and our petition at www.GeorgetownScandal.com. [Tell Georgetown to withdraw the invite to Sebelius - sign the petition at GeorgetownScandal.com] Noting the dangers of the contraceptive mandate that Sebelius [...]

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The Georgetown Eight Ask That Sebelius Invitation Be Rescinded

May 9, 2012 – 11:50 am

Patrick J. Deneen, who is soon to leave his post as Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown University, has launched a campaign to obtain Georgetown faculty signatures on a letter asking Georgetown President John J. DeGioia  to rescind an invitation to “pro-choice” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at the Jesuit university on commencement day. [Tell [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Abortion, Alumni, Contraception, Ex corde Ecclesiae, Faculty, Religious Liberty | Comments (1)

12,500 People Oppose Georgetown Invitation to Sebelius

May 7, 2012 – 4:04 pm

In less than three days, more than 12,500 individuals have signed The Cardinal Newman Society’s petition at GeorgetownScandal.com opposing the decision of Georgetown University to host “pro-choice” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for an address at a graduation ceremony later this month. [Tell Georgetown to withdraw the invite to Sebelius - sign the petition at GeorgetownScandal.com] Georgetown [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in The Bishops | Comments Off
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