he communications department at a Catholic university located just outside Chicago is doubling down on its campus ministry’s scandalous decision to observe the so-called “International Trans Day of Remembrance” last week.
In a statement provided to LifeSiteNews Thursday, Benedictine University insisted that an event aimed at honoring “those whose lives have been lost to anti-trans violence” was not in opposition to its Catholic mission.
“It was a solemn remembrance rooted in Catholic social teaching and belief in the inherent and sacred dignity possessed by every person, created in the image of God,” the university’s communications department said via email.
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Benedictine is not to be confused with Benedictine College in Atchinson, Kansas, which welcomed traditionalist Catholic Harrison Butker for its commencement speech in 2024.
Located in Lisle, Illinois, roughly 25 miles west of Chicago, Benedictine University was founded in 1887 by Benedictine monks at the adjacent St. Procopius Abbey. The school markets itself as a “Catholic University in the Benedictine Tradition.” Today, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Joliet.
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