Notre Shame, Pt. 2

Sooo, you would think that, oh, being a faithful Catholic would be a requirement to be a priest and president of a major Catholic university.

And you would be wrong.

The University of Notre Dame Board of Trustees reelected Fr. Jenkins to a second term.

It apparently doesn't matter that he supports these violations of Catholic teaching. It doesn't matter that he sits on the board of Millenium Promise, an anti-poverty group which supports the use of contraception and encourages abortion. It doesn't matter that he ignored the local bishop's teaching on Ex corde Ecclesiae.

No, according to Chairman Richard C. Notebaert: "The vision and leadership that Father Jenkins has demonstrated in his first four years in office have been inspiring and innovative."

Inspiring and innovative? Sure. If you mean that he's inspiring dissidence and his ways of dismissing Ex corde Ecclesiae are innovative.

Notebaert continued, “Building upon the foundation set by his Holy Cross predecessors, he is making the aspirations of this University a reality. The Fellows and Trustees look forward to continuing our work with him in service to Our Lady’s University.”

I'm a bit frightened about the aspirations he's talking about. And I'm certain that Our Lady ain't too happy about what's going on in Indiana.

Sancta Maria, ora pro those misguided people.