They, along with groups like Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Population Council, met to "create an oppositional voice within the Catholic Church on family planning," and "in 1965 these thirty-seven scholars released a statement...to the Vatican...urging the pope to reverse the church's opposition to artificial contraception" (pg. 45).
Notre Dame had better get its act together. And quick.
Yes. Look up E. Michael Jones, Editor of Culture Wars magazine. He has been writing about this for years...and fully documents the case that PP and the Rockefeller Found. were instrumental in moving ND to the left. A sad but true tale.
Now that "counting the bishops" has become a factor in determining the direction of the Church, it will be necessary to count those who do not speak. Or, at least, it is important to consider the meaning in the silence of those bishops. The 2008 election did produce one episode that suggests what the silence means for some bishops........In other words, there were bishops in the 2008 election who purposely did not speak out, and who did not agree with those who did. Their silence implied consent to the way Catholic teaching was being construed by Obama supporters like Doug Kmiec and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend.
What does this tell us about the silence of the remaining bishops on the upcoming commencement at Notre Dame? Certainly there are those who agree with the 68 who have gone on the record against his selection. Perhaps they think the issue has been sufficiently flogged, especially with the public statement by USCCB President Francis Cardinal George.
But how many simply disagree with those bishops and think Notre Dame is doing the right thing by honoring President Obama? Is this the meaning of their silence? Do the majority of U.S. bishops agree with Notre Dame? If so, that may well be one of the reasons Notre Dame's officials felt free to issue the invitation in the first place.
-- from the thread The Bishops Who Speak... And Those Who Don't
It will be interesting to read how future historians treat Ted and his Land Of the Lakes agreement. I think that in time Ted will become the Benedict Arnold or Judas Iscariot of the U.S. Catholic church.History will not be kind to this traitor.
“These meetings, sponsored by the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations (both of whom would later donate big bucks to Notre Dame’s endowment)”
Aha Watson!! A clue!!!
Perverse lefties and soft sissified men took over. Explains them and America in a nut shell.
Old joke from the Hesburgh years:
What’s the difference between Fr. Hesburgh and God?
God is everywhere.
Fr. Hesburgh is everywhere... but Notre Dame.