For decades, Notre Dame has stood out as the cultural jewel of American Catholicism-public evidence the great American experiment is compatible with, and indeed enriched by, distinctly Catholic values.
That’s why hundreds of thousands of American Catholics, including high-ranking church officials, have expressed outrage over what they see as Notre Dame’s betrayal of these values for the sake of worldly prestige. On Friday, March 20th, Notre Dame University announced President Obama had accepted its invitation to be the 2009 commencement speaker and to receive an honorary law degree.
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