An Illinois bishop has joined the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend’s Bishop Kevin Rhoades in sharply criticizing the University of Notre Dame’s appointment of a professor who publicly advocates for abortion to lead one of its research institutes
The Catholic leader is calling the decision scandalous and detrimental to the Church’s teachings on life.
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, issued a statement expressing full support for Bishop Rhoades and urging Notre Dame to reverse the appointment of associate professor Susan Ostermann as director of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, effective July 1.
“Such an appointment causes confusion among the faithful and undermines the Church’s consistent ethic of life, which is central to Catholic social teaching,” Bishop Paprocki said.
He added that such a piecemeal approach “is not only intellectually incoherent but a direct slap in the face to the Church’s moral tradition,” and that “academic freedom does not obligate a Catholic university to entrust leadership to those whose public positions contradict essential moral truths.”
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