Category Archives: Ex corde Ecclesiae

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 Catholic Identity Abuse, Faculty, Religious Liberty, Catholic Identity Policy, Media, Contraception, Abortion | Comments Off

A Catholic Civil War?

May 18, 2012 – 3:40 pm

Have the tensions over “pro-choice” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaking today at a Georgetown University commencement ceremony boiled over into a “civil war” between the Jesuit university and the Archdiocese of Washington? If you’ve read the latest piece by David Gibson of Religion News Service, you might think so. Gibson, writing before today’s visit to [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Catholic Identity Policy, Contraception, Strong Catholic Identity, The Bishops | 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University commencement ceremony and takes note of The Cardinal Newman Society’s efforts to have the invitation rescinded.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 Abuse, Catholic Identity Policy, Contraception, Faculty, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

Georgetown Alum William Peter Blatty Says Canon Law Suit “Our Only Hope”

May 18, 2012 – 10:38 am

William Peter Blatty’s 1971 novel The Exorcist—which went on to become an Oscar-winning movie—depicts an epic battle of good versus evil waged under the auspices of the Catholic Church.  Reportedly based on a real exorcism Blatty heard about as an undergraduate on a scholarship at Georgetown University, the novel is steeped in Catholicism. Indeed, the “hero” of The [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Abortion, Alumni, Catholic Identity Policy, Curriculum, Strong Catholic Identity, Student Life | Comments Off

Washington Post Highlights Sebelius Flap at Georgetown

May 16, 2012 – 9:23 am

The Washington Post reports this morning on yesterday’s developments in what it terms the “already-boiling debate” over Georgetown University’s invitation to “pro-choice” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak on commencement day (May 18). [Tell Georgetown to withdraw the invite to Sebelius - sign the petition at GeorgetownScandal.com] Taking note of statements put out by both the [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Catholic Identity Policy, Contraception, Jesuits, Pro-life, Strong Catholic Identity, Student Life, The Bishops, Uncategorized | Comments Off

Georgetown Students Blog about Sebelius

May 9, 2012 – 3:57 pm

The website of The Hoya, one of Georgetown University’s student newspapers, announces that “for the first time” the university has “created a blog dedicated to ‘Commencement Shout-Outs’ where students and parents can post their thoughts and well wishes for the Class of 2012.” [Tell Georgetown to withdraw the invite to Sebelius - sign the petition [...]

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

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, Catholic Identity Abuse, Contraception, Faculty, Religious Liberty | Comments (1)

College Disinvites Bishop: You Would Be “a Distraction” at Graduation Ceremonies

May 8, 2012 – 1:58 pm

Worcester Bishop Robert J. McManus won’t be attending graduation exercises at Anna Maria College this year at the behest of college officials, who met with the bishop and asked him to stay home this year. Because of Bishop McManus’s concerns, Anna Maria previously withdrew an invitation to “pro-choice” Catholic Victoria Reggie Kennedy, the widow of [...]

By Charlotte Hays | Also posted in Abortion, Catholic Identity Policy, Strong Catholic Identity, Student Life, The Bishops, Uncategorized | Comments Off

‘A Clear Improvement in Catholic Higher Education’

April 12, 2012 – 10:37 am

Our Sunday Visitor has a post up today profiling the mission of The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) to renew Catholic higher education.  In an interview session with writer Maryann Eidemiller, CNS president Patrick J. Reilly explains how, since the founding of CNS in 1993, some Catholic colleges are growing more faithful. From OSV: Reilly said, [...]

By Adam Wilson | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse, Catholic Identity Policy, Strong Catholic Identity, The Bishops | Comments Off

Catholic College, Vatican Reach Agreement?

April 4, 2012 – 10:34 am

The head of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PCUP) reportedly announced that the university has reached an agreement with the Vatican, perhaps putting to an end an ugly and sustained feud that began when the University publicly refused to make its statutes agree with Ex corde Ecclesiae. Additionally, the University had denied the Archdiocese of Lima a [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse, Leadership and Governance, Uncategorized | Comments Off

Students, Professors Call On College to Obey Vatican

March 2, 2012 – 11:25 am

A group of professors, students and alumni are urging the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) to obey the Vatican’s demand to update its statutes in accord with Church teaching, according to CNA News. Members from the Riva Aguero University Association – named after the principal benefactor of the university –  called on university officials [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Uncategorized | Comments (1)

Catholic College Rebuffs The Vatican

February 28, 2012 – 2:03 pm

Last week, The Cardinal Newman Society reported that Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B.,  issued a deadline to the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) to adapt is statutes to the Apostolic Constitution Ex corde Ecclesiae. The Vatican has the right to strip the university of its title as a pontifical institution. Well, it seems like PUCP [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse, Uncategorized | Comments Off

Cardinal Bertone Issues Deadline to Catholic College

February 21, 2012 – 10:58 am

Is that an “or else” we hear? Over the past year tension has risen between the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and The Vatican because of the university’s refusal to accept the tenets of Ex corde Ecclesiae. But now, according to the Vatican Information Service, Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., met with Marcial Rubio Correa, rector of the Pontifical [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Catholic Identity Abuse, Leadership and Governance, Uncategorized | Comments (2)

Vatican Calls Rector of Catholic College to Rome

February 16, 2012 – 10:18 am

In an increasingly ugly showdown between a Catholic University and the Vatican, the rector of the Pontifical University in Peru has been called to Rome to discuss the results of a failed recent apostolic visit to the school in the wake of the university’s refusal to update its statutes according to Church directives, according to the [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Uncategorized | Comments (1)

Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua Dies at 88

February 1, 2012 – 11:02 am

Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, the retired head of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the architect of the application of Ex Corde Ecclesiae for Catholic higher education in the United States., has died. He was 88. Bevilacqua died in his sleep Tuesday night at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in the Philadelphia suburb of Wynnewood after battling dementia [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in The Bishops, Uncategorized | Comments (2)
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