America
It’s legitimate to debate President Biden receiving Communion. But we should consider our own worthiness, too.
June 22, 2021
On my podcast this week, professor Timothy O’Malley offers this insight: “If you want to know how Timothy O’Malley deals with this question of eucharistic coherence: Timothy O’Malley is very concerned about Timothy O’Malley.” This kind of self-reflection is essential for navigating the current debate.
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McGrath Institute for Church Life
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Transitions: Temple U. Names First Black President; Ohio State U. Selects New Provost
June 21, 2021
The Rev. Austin Collins, a professor of sculpture at the University of Notre Dame, has been named vice president for mission engagement and church affairs.
The Wall Street Journal
Why Shutdowns and Masks Suit the Elite
June 20, 2021
A marvelous review in these pages last November inspired me to read a new book by O. Carter Snead, “What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Human Bioethics.”
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Notre Dame Law School
The Washington Post
Amid dispute over Biden’s support of abortion rights, Catholic bishops to vote on controversial Communion document
June 18, 2021
Kathleen Cummings, a historian at the University of Notre Dame who runs the school’s Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, said the U.S. Catholic Church for many decades was defined more by questions of how and whether Catholicism — then mostly a faith of immigrants — could fit into America.
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American Studies
The Christian Science Monitor
Supreme Court’s day of culture war surprises
June 18, 2021
“We hear all the time about divisions and polarization and culture wars and all that stuff. But this is a 9-0 ruling in a case involving religion and gay rights. And that’s significant,” says Richard Garnett, director of the Program on Church, State, and Society at the University of Notre Dame School of Law, referring to the foster parent case.
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Notre Dame Law School
USA Today
Supreme Court foster care ruling likely to prompt more tests of religion vs. LGBTQ rights
June 18, 2021
"It's been implicit in some of the things the court has been doing in recent years, especially in these COVID cases," said Richard Garnett, director of the University of Notre Dame law school program on church, state and society.
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Notre Dame Law School
Associated Press
US Catholic bishops OK steps toward possible rebuke of Biden
June 18, 2021
David Campbell, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame, said the bishops’ vote “reflects the fact that the same fault lines dividing all American voters also divide American Catholics — and Catholic leaders.”
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Political Science
Catholic News Service
Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic agency in foster case
June 17, 2021
Richard Garnett, law school professor at the University of Notre Dame and director of the university’s Program on Church, State and Society, said the Supreme Court’s ruling will have a significant impact.
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Notre Dame Law School
USA Today
Religious freedom vs. LGBTQ rights: Supreme Court sides with Catholic foster care agency
June 17, 2021
"It is striking, and telling, that the court's more liberal justices joined the court's decision," said Richard Garnett, director of the University of Notre Dame law school program on church, state and society. "Today's ruling illustrates that respect for religious freedom should not be a partisan, or left-right issue."
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Notre Dame Law School
Los Angeles Times
Supreme Court rules for Catholic foster care agency in Philadelphia, citing discrimination
June 17, 2021
Notre Dame law professor Richard Garnett predicted the ruling will not be so limited.
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Notre Dame Law School
Time
Supreme Court Sides With Catholic Agency In LBGTQ Foster Care Case—But Avoids Major Religious Freedom Questions
June 17, 2021
Legal scholars disagree about what the scale of the decision’s impact might be. “Today’s ruling is highly significant,” said Notre Dame Law School Professor Richard Garnett in a statement, pointing out that it veered from three decades of decisions that tended to disfavor religious liberty.
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Notre Dame Law School
Bloomberg
China Hails Hong Kong Journalist Arrests, Warns Media Outlets
June 17, 2021
“Hong Kong has been left with little free speech under the national security law, which is really aimed at silencing all dissent,” said Victoria Hui, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame.
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Political Science