Disgraceful. Notre Dame's President Fr. Jenkins Says Obama Visit Was a Success
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 7:33 PM
Shameful.
As the most radical pro-abortion president in history currently pushes a nationalized health care bill that includes abortion coverage, the President of Notre Dame told reporters this week that the decision to host Barack Obama at commencement last year was an honor.
LifeSiteNews reported:
The unprecedented controversy that rent the U.S. Catholic community over President Obama’s abortion-themed commencement speech and his reception of an honorary law degree at the University of Notre Dame last May has apparently not fazed the school’s president, who called the climax of the scandal “a successful” day that he does not regret.
When asked in a South Bend Tribune interview published December 27 whether he would do it all over again, Notre Dame president Fr. John Jenkins answered, “Yes, I would.”
“He is the president of the United States, and there was a tradition of Notre Dame inviting presidents to be commencement speakers and receive honorary degrees, and we continue that tradition,” he said. Jenkins went on to point out the historicity of Obama as the nation’s first black president, saying it was “an honor for us to welcome him to campus.”
“For all the controversy, I think it was a successful day,” he said.
Barack Obama voted four times in support of infanticide.
Fr. Jenkins is a disgrace.
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Palinfan commented:
This is why I have left the Catholic Church.
Father John, hell awaits.
roscoe commented:
Notre Dame president Fr. John Jenkins has lost his way. May God have mercy on his soul.
Ladue Pundit commented:
I am a practicing Catholic. All of the heretics who remain in the Church do not make its teachings wrong.
I do concede that it is difficult to see (what once was) our nation’s finest Catholic university being led by a fop who cares more about politics than morals.
To those whom much has been given, much is expected…Fr. Jenkins has been given much (i.e., many souls to lead) and he has disappointed not only us, but The One who gave him that position.
bg commented:
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well that’s because the bottom line is MONEY..
you see, once church & mosque & state are
wed, they are eligible for bribes & bailouts..
”I am certain nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical
safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after the mirage
of social justice.”
“I have come to feel strongly that the greatest service I can still render to my fellow men would be that I could make the speakers and writers among them thoroughly ashamed ever again to employ the term ’social justice’.”
~ Frederick A. von Hayek
A COVENANT FOR A NEW AMERICA
["At a press conference on December 1... the possible Presidential contender said, '...the network that Saddleback has helped to create has as much reach as any institutional force in our culture and has probably a wider reach around the world than just about anything that's going on right now.... I hope one of the things that comes out of this conference that Pastor Rick has emphasized again and again, is no single branch of our society is going do this alone. If government thinks they can do it by themselves they're wrong. Churches have to recognize that they've got to be partners with the government. Business has an enormous role....
"...you know the separation of church and state as a concept of the first amendment the biggest practitioners and the people who advocated most fiercely for it were actually evangelicals.'... [Yes, but later liberal humanists turned the meaning upside down.]
UCC member Sen. Barack Obama discusses faith and politics
[Later -- during his interview with United Church News -- Obama continued his thoughts about religion and politics; specifically, the role of religious principles in reaching a balance between national security and social justice concerns.
"I believe that democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal values," Obama said. "Social justice and national security are both universal values, values that may originate for some in their religious beliefs, but are shared by us all."]
“I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth.”
~ B Hussein O
HOW FREAKIN’ HYPOCRITICAL CAN HE GET?? GAH!!
Obama to Orwell..
“You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!”
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deathstar commented:
Fr. Jenkins dosnt understand Catholism.
Finncrisp commented:
Catholics have had to put up with a lot of in their institutions of higher learning. Notre Dame is one of many. Let’s not forget that Harvard and Yale were once deeply steeped in religious tradition as well. No more. Fr. Jenkins needs to get on his knees and get right with God. Confession might also be helpful.
The campus is a magical place; it’s a shame that there is rot in the administration of this once great university.
OBAMANATION at NOTRE DAME commented:
And Jenkins will be in the “MARCH FOR LIFE” this month…a first for him. At the same time, those who refused to participate in adoration of “THE ONE” and said THE ROSARY on campus face JAIL TIME – http://www.FreeTheND88.org
FIGHT FOR OUR LADY commented:
This group VERY ACTIVE in trying to SAVE NOTRE DAME – http://www.ProjectSycamore.com
Please join their email list.
SHAME ON NOTRE DAME commented:
New “FIGHT SONG” for N.D. -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JIYaKdrkI
Just_Saying commented:
Any “christian” church or official who doesn’t oppose abortion is not following God. (Through the Office of the Keys, they will be sorry — too bad not before they allow more baby killings.)
bg commented:
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SHAME ON NOTRE DAME @ 8:55 pm #11
your link didn’t work for me, but think i found
it here & if you d/click on the vid, here as well..
thanks..
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jim from cleveland (a Catholic) commented:
The Catholic Church in America is infested with sodomite priests. It’s got left-wing priests and nuns who worship Che Guevara more than Jesus Christ. Notre Dame is small potatoes. Its liberal credentials are longstanding.
Incidentally, some of the biggest liberal jackasses in the Congress are Catholics. One of them died recently and another just announced his retirement.
Sojourner commented:
Jenkins is a DISGRACE, a total DISGRACE to GOD, Country and Notre Dame .. this Fighting Irish alum, for one, has made due note of his bedding down with the godless nihilist in the White House.. God have mercy on his soul.
Teddy's SEARCH+RESCUE commented:
A few months ago, Notre Dame funded a trip to D.C., so some of their students could attend the “GAY RIGHTS MARCH”
Need I say more?
http://www.pewsitter.com
Midwestengr commented:
Fr. Jenkins is now the norm in the Catholic church nowadays. That is why this Catholic has decided to limit the amount of funds i tithe to the church. Until the Catholic church comes out and says they are against taxpayer funded abortions, and are pro-life, I will not be giving any of my “after tax” dollars anytime soon. You Catholic’s that that voted for Obama are a disgrace! You can’t be pro-choice and Catholic at the same time. You are either Pro-choice Pro-life. It’s that’s simple. What say You?
czekmark commented:
“You can’t be pro-choice and Catholic at the same time.”
The problem runs deeper than that as almost a third of abortions are done on women who say they are Catholic.
The same liberal thread that runs through our society is present in all our religious institutions.
In Memory of Mary Jo commented:
Have a look at the numerous Obama connections to the NOTRE DAME TRUSTEES -
http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2009/05/obamas_friendly.html
“The CHICAGO WAY” – no wonder Jenkins just had his contract extended 5 years.
bg commented:
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czekmark @ 10:48 pm #18
re: [almost a third of abortions are done
on women who say they are Catholic]
you should have included a link to back up your assertion.. but for some reason, i don’t believe one is available..
Abortion Statistics
[* Over half (56%) of all women having
abortions between 15-44 are in their 20’s.
* Nearly eight in 10 U.S. women obtaining
an abortion report a religious affiliation.
o 43% are Protestant
o 27% are Catholic
o 8% are other religions
* 41% of women having abortions are white,
32% are black, and 20% are hispanic.]
Abortion Kills More Black Americans Than the Seven
Leading Causes of Death Combined, Says CDC Data
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bg commented:
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okay, i’m curious..
don’t “atheists” have abortions??
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bg commented:
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re: bg @ 11:02 pm #21
[Nearly eight in 10 U.S. women obtaining
an abortion report a religious affiliation.]
oh i see (i think), but they don’t give the %, and “nearly” is fuzzy
math.. but they’re obviously included in the overall %’s.. duh!!
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bg commented:
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re: bg @ 11:12 pm | #22
okay, if i did the math correctly approx 22%
are “atheists” (or non believers so to speak)..
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Chris Vehr commented:
Technically, if Obama was Catholic, he would be dismissed by the Church from receiving holy Communion.
But hey! Don’t let that stop him from being honored on campus during commencement.
J commented:
Through the years I have read interviews of teachers from boston college. And I hear of parents sending their children to this college because they believe it is a catholic school and their children will be taught in a christian atmosphere. They will be sadly disappointed because that school is a hot bed of radical, anti-american activity that supports whatever fad or trend the elite left hold dear. I believe if Christ were to walk onto that campus he would take actions that would make what he did at the temple to the money-lenders, look mild. Evil has captured the leaders of our schools and our children are being educated by them.
Carbon Monoxide commented:
‘don’t “atheists” have abortions??’
Atheist don’t get laid. That’s why they are so angry.
‘Until the Catholic church comes out and says they are against taxpayer funded abortions, and are pro-life, I will not be giving any of my “after tax” ‘
From the Catechecism of the Catholic Church:
Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person—among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.72
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.73
My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth.”74
2271
Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law:
“You shall not kill the embryo by abortion and shall not cause the newborn to perish.”75
God, the Lord of life, has entrusted to men the noble mission of safeguarding life, and men must carry it out in a manner worthy of themselves. Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception: abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes.76
2272
Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. “A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae,”77 “by the very commission of the offense,”78 and subject to the conditions provided by Canon Law.79 The Church does not thereby intend to restrict the scope of mercy. Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society.
2273
The inalienable right to life of every innocent human individual is a constitutive element of a civil society and its legislation:
“The inalienable rights of the person must be recognized and respected by civil society and the political authority. These human rights depend neither on single individuals nor on parents; nor do they represent a concession made by society and the state; they belong to human nature and are inherent in the person by virtue of the creative act from which the person took his origin. Among such fundamental rights one should mention in this regard every human being’s right to life and physical integrity from the moment of conception until death.”80
“The moment a positive law deprives a category of human beings of the protection which civil legislation ought to accord them, the state is denying the equality of all before the law. When the state does not place its power at the service of the rights of each citizen, and in particular of the more vulnerable, the very foundations of a state based on law are undermined. . . . As a consequence of the respect and protection which must be ensured for the unborn child from the moment of conception, the law must provide appropriate penal sanctions for every deliberate violation of the child’s rights.”81
2274
Since it must be treated from conception as a person, the embryo must be defended in its integrity, cared for, and healed, as far as possible, like any other human being.
Prenatal diagnosis is morally licit, “if it respects the life and integrity of the embryo and the human fetus and is directed toward its safeguarding or healing as an individual. . . . It is gravely opposed to the moral law when this is done with the thought of possibly inducing an abortion, depending upon the results: a diagnosis must not be the equivalent of a death sentence.”82
2275
“One must hold as licit procedures carried out on the human embryo which respect the life and integrity of the embryo and do not involve disproportionate risks for it, but are directed toward its healing, the improvement of its condition of health, or its individual survival.”83
“It is immoral to produce human embryos intended for exploitation as disposable biological material.”84
“Certain attempts to influence chromosomic or genetic inheritance are not therapeutic but are aimed at producing human beings selected according to sex or other predetermined qualities. Such manipulations are contrary to the personal dignity of the human being and his integrity and identity”85 which are unique and unrepeatable.
Mike commented:
“You can’t be pro-choice and Catholic at the same time.”
I had a very close friend adamantly deny this just the other night. That’s the problem with Catholics like Jenkins in such high profile positions like the Presidency of Notre Dame. They lead the flock astray and into sin. This domer is ashamed of Jenkins.
Carbon Monoxide commented:
1) Buy a Catechism and a highlighter.
2) Learn how to use both.
3) Show your idiot friend the results.
This works for Protestants too! Don’t be ashamed to show your idiot Catholic friends what their church teaches.
Markham S. Pyle commented:
Successful day? Eh, I’d give it a B+ on the Obamacurve.
bg commented:
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Carbon Monoxide @ 7:42 am #26
“Catholic Church” = “Pope”
all Pope’s have consistently spoken out against
abortion, as Pope Benedict has several times..
Pope Benedict XVI Speaks Out Against
Abortion, Euthanasia, Genetic Testing
they are obviously not of the same breed in
the US as they are in most other countries..
just like Obama is stealthily changing the Constitution, so are our wayward religious leaders changing the edicts of Rome (and that goes for other religions in the US as well, they’ve all been straying from their doctrine’s)..
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Carbon Monoxide commented:
Yeah, but our’s are all getting old. This one just kicked:
http://www.fivefeetoffury.com/:entry:fivefeet-2010-01-06-0001/
Alice L. commented:
Yes, the visit was a “great success” – for the abortion industry as the current President is a major supporter of infanticide. I wonder if Father Jenkins has yet to wash the hand that shook Obama’s, what with his being such a fan of The One.
bg commented:
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In Memory of Mary Jo @ 10:50 pm #19
to clean up the tangled web they’ve weaved.. we’d literally have
to wipe politicians off the face of the planet & start anew.. *sigh*
SAVE US – VOTE TERM LIMITS IN
WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT!!
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts
absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.”
“Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it”
~ John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton aka: Lord Acton
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Rob commented:
It was successful for ending Obama’s honeymoon. This was THE event that bent his approval rating. Because it was at UND, Obama’s handlers were forced to refrain from attacking the protestors as fringe nut cases lest they insult mainstream Catholics. I bet if O had to do it over again he’d find an excuse to avoid the debacle. I guess both UND and O wonder if they need enemies with friends like Fr. Jenkins.