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Catholic colleges and universities owe students an apology

September 16, 2022 Marc D. Guerra, Ph.D. 33

For more than forty years, Catholic liberal arts colleges have, to put it mildly, struggled to carve out a recognizable intellectual and educational place in the ever-shifting landscape of American higher education. That they have […]

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The pressing task for Catholic universities: An interview with Dr. Jonathan J. Sanford

August 18, 2022 Jesse Russell 13

Dr. Jonathan J. Sanford is President of the University of Dallas as well as a Professor of Philosophy. Sanford was at Franciscan University of Steubenville for thirteen years before joining the University of Dallas in […]

Analysis

What makes a school Catholic? Part 1 of 3

April 18, 2022 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 24

On March 23, the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions)1 issued an “Instruction,” “The identity of the Catholic school for a culture of dialogue.” The focus here is on elementary/primary schools and secondary/high schools […]

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Catholic universities and colleges continue to ignore Ex Corde Ecclesiae

March 17, 2022 Anne Hendershott 42

As we approach the 20th anniversary of what was supposed to be the implementation of Ex Corde Ecclesiae, there still are very few Catholic college administrators willing to even discuss the document. And even fewer […]

Analysis

Reason, the Catholic University, and the Morality of Abortion

April 19, 2017 Eduardo Echeverria 1

Stéphane Mercier, a lecturer in philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven (UCL) in Belgium initially was suspended from teaching, pending the outcome of disciplinary proceedings, because there was opposition in a class from a feminist group to his […]

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