The Notre Dame Scandal - 12

The Notre Dame Scandal – 12
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegone.com – Friday, May 15, 2009

This is the 12th letter in a series. Before we quote the letters of two bishops who wrote to Father John Jenkins CSC; there is exciting news from the new Gallup Poll. It’s on today’s Drudge Report.

Princeton, NJ – A new Gallup Poll, conducted May 7-10, finds 51% of Americans calling themselves “pro-life” on the issue of abortion and 42% “pro-choice.” This is the first time a majority of U.S. adults have identified themselves as pro-life since Gallup began asking this question in 1995.

Here is the text of the letter provided by Bishop Thomas G. Doran to the Cardinal Newman Society CNS, dated March 31, 2009.

1.) Reverend John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.
President, University of Notre Dame
400 Main Building, Notre Dame, IN 46556
Dear President Jenkins:

I wish to express in my own name and on behalf of the Catholic community of this Diocese, my dismay and outrage at your decision to invite the current President of the United States to address the 2009 graduates of the University of Notre Dame and to receive an honorary degree.

This decision of yours flies in the face of the expressed directive of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in the year 2004, that Catholic institutions not so honor those who profess opposition to the Church’s doctrine on abortion and embryonic stem cell research.

I would ask that you rescind this unfortunate decision and so avoid dishonoring the practicing Catholics of the United States, including those of this Diocese. Failing that, please have the decency to change the name of the University to something like, “The Fighting Irish College” or “Northwestern Indiana Humanist University.” Though promotion of the obscene is not foreign to you is not foreign to you, I would point out that it is truly obscene for you to take such decisions as you have done in a university named for our Blessed Lady, whom the Second Vatican Council called the Mother of the Church.

I sign myself, Very truly yours, The Most Reverend Thomas G. Doran, D.D.,
J.C.D. Bishop of Rockford

2,) This letter is provided by Bishop Fabian to CNS dated April 3, 2009.
Reverend and dear Father Jenkins,

Permit me to add my name to the long list of Bishops of the Catholic Church who are utterly appalled at your dedication to immorality and wrong-doing represented by your support for the obscenity called “The Vagina Monologues” and your absolute indifference to the murderous abortion program and beliefs of this President of the United States. The fact that you have some sort of past connection with the State of Nebraska makes it all the more painful that the Catholic people here have to see your betrayal of the moral teachings of the Catholic Church.

I can assure you of my prayers for your conversion, and for the conversion of your formerly Catholic University. I am
Sincerely yours in Christ Jesus, The Most Reverend Fabian W. Bruskewitz
Bishop of Lincoln

George H. Kubeck, Please reread the above two letters & note again the strong language.