In response to your March 28 criticisms of Notre Dame's decision to invite President Obama to give the commencement address, I noticed you chose the words, "no institution that calls itself Catholic can be unilateral." As a busy Notre Dame undergraduate, I would like to set some time aside now and use this as an opportunity to respond to your criticism in a respectful way.
[...] Rather, Obama can choose better venues for this debate, not Notre Dame, and certainly not on graduation, which is a time to celebrate the achievements of the hard working young people receiving their diplomas that afternoon. Furthermore, by this point in the students' and faculties' educational, spiritual, and personal careers, I would hope that they have formed personal opinions on moral issues, such as abortion, and will not be swayed by a single speech in this case, if President Obama was to decide to mention the issue of abortion, which is highly unlikely. [...]
[...] Letter from a Notre Dame classroom My Dear Cardinal George: In response to your March 28 criticisms of Notre Dame's decision to invite President Obama to give the commencement address, I noticed you chose the words, institution that calls itself Catholic can be unilateral.” As a busy Notre Dame undergraduate, I would like to set some time aside now and use this as an opportunity to respond to your criticism in a respectful way. Catholic by definition means “universal,” and in no way can a Catholic university, such as the University of Notre Dame, speak for the entire Catholic community spread throughout the world, especially on issues like abortion. [...]
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