The Bishop and the Jesuit: Robert McManus vs. Holy Cross

Commentary from CatholicCulture.com:

One could fill a book with the ways in which schools "in the Jesuit tradition" have deliberately and defiantly undermined the Catholic faith of their students over the past forty years. The most recent example is the decision of Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts to host a conference sponsored by the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy.

The Conference will include workshops by Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, both of which represent positions fundamentally at odds with the teachings of the Catholic Church (not to mention the requirements of human integrity, the family and a healthy social order). Lest there be any confusion that the hosting of the conference might have happened inadvertently, Holy Cross president Fr. Michael C. McFarland, SJ has personally defended it against numerous critics.

Happily one of the critics is the local ordinary, Bishop Robert J. McManus, who issued a statement on October 10th warning Holy Cross that "it is my pastoral and canonical responsibility to determine what institutions can properly call themselves 'Catholic'." The bishop urged the administration of the College to "unequivocally disassociate itself from the upcoming conferenc...so that the college can continue to be recognized as a Catholic institution." However, Fr. McFarland has thus far defied even Bishop McManus.

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