Father Jenkins's Academic Council & USCCB - 1

Father Jenkins’s Academic Council & USCCB -1
In pursuit of the truth- www.cinopsbegone.com – Wednesday, April 1, 2009

This is the first in a series of letters on the Notre Dame Scandal. Let’s listen to the words of some bishops, archbishops and Cardinal George who is the ninth bishop to speak out against the scandal. (LifeSiteNews.com March 31st 2009)

1.) Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago, has said that the University of Notre Dame’s decision to host and honor President Obama at their commencement ceremony was an “EXTREME EMBARRASSMENT” to Catholics.

“Whatever else it is, it is clear that Notre Dame didn’t understand what it means to be Catholic when they issued this invitation.”…

Cardinal George prefaced his remarks by noting that although he is president of the USCCB, he does not have jurisdiction or authority over other bishops. His role, he indicated, nonetheless has “some moral authority, without any kind of jurisdiction or any sort of real authority.”…

George said he had spoken with the administrative committee of the bishops’ conference and corresponded with the University president Fr. John Jenkins several times on the issue.

“That conversation will continue …. Whether or not it will have some kind of consequence that will bring, I think, the University of Notre Dame to its {the USCCB’s} understanding of what it means to be Catholic,” said the Cardinal. “That is, when you’re Catholic, everything you do changes the life of everybody else who calls himself a personal Catholic – it’s a network of relationships. “So quite apart from the president’s own positions, which are well known, THE PROBLEM IS IN THAT YOU HAVE A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY – THE FLAGSHIP CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY – DO SOMETHING THAT BROUGHT EXTREME EMBARRASSMENT TO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE CATHOLIC.”

“So whatever else is clear, it is clear that Notre Dame didn’t understand what it means to be Catholic when they issued this invitation, and didn’t anticipate the kind of uproar that would be consequent to the decision, at least not to be extent that it has happened,” said George.

THE CARDINAL URGED CONCERNED CATHOLICS “TO DO WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DOING, TO CALL, TO EMAIL, TO WRITE LETTERS, TO EXPRESS WHAT’S IN YOUR HEART ABOUT THE EMBARRASSMENT, THE DIFFICULTIES.”

Sign Cardinal Newman Society’s petition protesting the Notre Dame Scandal:
http://www.notredamescandal.com

2.) Today the Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) published a letter to the school by Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota Archbishop John C. Nienstedt, who protested the “egregious decision” on the part of Notre Dame president Fr. John Jenkins to honor Obama. (LifeSiteNews.com, Tues. March 31, 2009)

Listing Obama’s record against life, Nienstedt wrote, “It is a travesty that the University of Notre Dame, considered by many to be a Catholic University, should give its public support to such an anti-Catholic politician. “I HOPE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO RECONSIDER THIS DECISION. IF NOT, PLEASE DO NOT EXPECT ME TO SUPPORT YOUR UNIVERSITY IN THE FUTURE.” HE CONCLUDED.

3.) Notre Dame’s own bishop John D’Arcy criticized the move and announced his intention to boycott the ceremony last week.

4.) At the second annual Illinois Catholic Prayer in Chicago on Friday in Chicago on Friday, Bishop Morlino of Madison said he would not have invited Obama, according the Catholic Citizens of Illinois…

George H. Kubeck,
P.S. Will this clarity in Catholic thinking finally focus in on the CINOPS evil agenda?