My Daily Domestic Diigolet 03/25/2009

• CNSNews.com – Local Catholic Bishop Will Boycott Obama’s Appearance at Notre Dame’s GraduationPress release from Bishop John D’Arcy on the Obama commencement speech. tags: obama, abortion
  • On Friday, March 21, Father John Jenkins, CSC, phoned to inform me that President Obama had accepted his invitation to speak to the graduating class at Notre Dame and receive an honorary degree. We spoke shortly before the announcement was made public at the White House press briefing. It was the first time that I had been informed that Notre Dame had issued this invitation.
  • President Obama has recently reaffirmed, and has now placed in public policy, his long-stated unwillingness to hold human life as sacred. While claiming to separate politics from science, he has in fact separated science from ethics and has brought the American government, for the first time in history, into supporting direct destruction of innocent human life.
  • This will be the 25th Notre Dame graduation during my time as bishop. After much prayer, I have decided not to attend the graduation. I wish no disrespect to our president, I pray for him and wish him well. I have always revered the Office of the Presidency. But a bishop must teach the Catholic faith “in season and out of season,” and he teaches not only by his words — but by his actions.
  • My decision is not an attack on anyone, but is in defense of the truth about human life.

     

    I have in mind also the statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops in 2004. “The Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. They should not be given awards, honors or platforms which would suggest support for their actions.” Indeed, the measure of any Catholic institution is not only what it stands for, but also what it will not stand for.

• Bishop D’Arcy speaks out about Obama speaking at ND commencementThe bishop will decline to attend when Obama speaks at Notre Dame! Good for him, although I was hoping for something a little stronger, but perhaps that must come from the Vatican?tags: Obama, abortion
  • And Tuesday, Bishop John D’Arcy announced that he will not be attending graduation ceremonies.
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    In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, Bishop D’Arcy said, “After much prayer, I have decided not to attend graduation. I wish no disrespect to our president, I pray for him and wish him well.”

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