Pope Benedict to Address Catholic College Heads

He also will meet April 17 with [ ] with Catholic university presidents and diocesan educators at the Catholic University of America before continuing on to New York.

This Pope does not pull punches and is not likely to be in the dark about the condition of the major Catholic colleges and universities in the US. If so, these presidents can expect some kind and gentle upbraiding. The Catholicity of Catholic institutions has been dear to this Pope's heart.

So when he is briefed about some of the stories that are repeated in this blog, he can't help but speak out.The tacit support of abortion and homosexuality that occurs overtly on US Catholic college campuses must have drawn his attention in the brief time he has been Pope. Indeed he is reported to have had a hand in Ex Corde Ecclssiae, which the major colleges ignored, as they did the USCCB directive on Catholics in Political Life.

One would hope he would urge the college presidents to guide their institutions towards the Catholic faith. But don't get your hopes up. Even if he does, they'll do what they always do - smile, and wait for him to leave.