Friday, May 8, 2009

Archbishop Burke calls ND decision a 'scandal'

Archbishop Raymond Burke said Notre Dame's decision to invite President Obama to offer this year's commencement address and receive an honorary degree was "the source of the greatest scandal," charging the president with "aggressively advancing an anti-life, anti-family agenda."

The archbishop, who is prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, made his remarks to applause at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., this morning. The New York Times reported that Archbishop Burke, former archbishop of St. Louis, said that if Catholics are not willing to stand up for Church teachings, "we are not worthy of the name Catholic."

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