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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Notre Dame is a Catholic university that embraces its Catholic identity, so it should be no surprise that having this professor on staff would be controversial. If Susan really wants to work for a Catholic university, she should consider Georgetown, which only pretends to be Catholic. I am sure they will have no problem with her pro-abortion stance.[/quote]

That’s actually not true. Even Georgetown doesn’t allow students to organize official pro choice clubs, and they sold MedSTAR hospital because the school didn’t want any connection to abortions performed there.  [/quote]

Wasn't that hospital sold years ago before the Georgetown Jesuits abandoned their Catholics mission?

Georgetown University all but rejected the prolife Catholic teachings along with many other tenets of Catholicism in recent years.  You only need to look at their website and social media compared to Notre Dame to see that the Catholic faith is no longer part of Georgetown in a meaningful way, while Notre Dame is very much a Catholic institution.

Over the past few decades, Georgetown has become actively secular and moderately anti Catholic.

Heck, some of their student tour guides even brag that the university is "not into all that Catholic stuff".

PP is right.  If someone wants a secular university that was formerly Catholic, Georgetown is a very stong secular alternative to very Catholic Notre Dame.

The only reason to get so upset about Catholic Notre Dame upholding Catholic teachings, including with its staff expectations, is that you want Notre Dame to fail in its Catholic mission, and you are upset that it is still a rock against the forces that are against it.[/quote]

+100 My kid applied to both, rejected from ND, got into Georgetown, and did not enroll after she explored Georgetown more deeply. She's going to BC, which is much more Catholic and has a MUCH more beautiful campus.[/quote]

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