TCA’s Mary FioRito Weighs in on Notre Dame’s Latest Controversy

In an article published by The Washington Examiner, TCA Fellow Mary FioRito writes about recent events at the University of Notre Dame in her article titled “Déjà Vu Again at Notre Dame.” She writes:

“The University of Notre Dame made headlines across the nation this month after students constructed an ice chapel on campus, where nearly 2,000 students braved the cold and dark to attend Mass. Outside. In northwest Indiana. In February.

The inspiring images of so many young people proudly celebrating their faith contrasted sharply with other discouraging news from Our Lady’s University: that professor Susan Ostermann, an outspoken advocate of legal abortion, had been tapped to become the new director for the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies within Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs.

Ostermann’s appointment to such a prestigious role at a Catholic university, despite her well-documented support for elective abortion, is a contradiction to Notre Dame’s deeply Catholic legacy. Yes, some political issues are nuanced or less morally absolute, or what the church would call “matters of prudential judgement.””

Read more of Mary FioRito’s article.

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