ND in the News: December 2022
November 2022 December 2022 January 2023
Associated Press
In US, sharply contrasting views on Benedict XVI’s legacy
December 31, 2022
Professor Kathleen Sprows Cummings, director of the University of Notre Dame’s Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, depicted Benedict as “a man of unwavering faith, deep conviction and towering intellect,” yet added that he left “a complicated legacy.”
ND Experts
American Studies
Newsweek
Pope Benedict's Troubled Legacy
December 31, 2022
Speaking to Newsweek Professor Kathleen Cummings, director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, described Benedict as "a man of unwavering faith, deep conviction and towering intellect who indelibly shaped the church."
ND Experts
American Studies
BBC News
Pope Benedict XVI: What the death of a former pope means for the Vatican
December 31, 2022
"We've never had this before where a living pope will help bury a dead pope," Catholic historian John McGreevy said.
ND Experts
History
The New York Times
For Conservative Catholics in U.S., Pope Benedict’s Death Is Loss of a Hero
December 31, 2022
At the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, a single bell tolled for 15 minutes at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
America
‘A renowned theologian, a holy man’: President Biden, Cardinal Dolan, other U.S. Catholics respond to Pope Benedict XVI’s death
December 31, 2022
Kathleen Sprows Cummings, director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, said in a statement that Benedict leaves “a complicated legacy.”
ND Experts
American Studies
-
Associated Press
Sarajevo’s agony echoes as Ukraine braces for a dark winter
December 29, 2022
“It is absolutely the case that terrorizing the civilian population, to break their morale, to get them to demand of their leaders that they surrender, is not a form of military necessity,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a University of Notre Dame law professor and expert on international law.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
Quartz
This new visual tool can help assess burnout on your team
December 27, 2022
“Because the Matches Measure is a visual measure, it makes assessing burnout as quick and easy as it gets,” says Cindy Muir (Zapata), the Notre Dame management professor who developed the measure, in a release about the tool.
The Hill
Churchgoing and belief in God stand at historic lows, despite a megachurch surge
December 21, 2022
“Somebody who has no religious affiliation, they may well value religion,” said David Campbell, a political scientist at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Political Science
-
The New York Times
The Miraculous Life and Afterlife of Charlene Richard
December 20, 2022
“Sainthood links the local church to the universal church,” says Kathleen Sprows Cummings, director of Notre Dame’s Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, who wrote “A Saint of Our Own,” about the more than century-old campaign for a patron saint of the United States (leading contenders include St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Kateri Tekakwitha, though each was born before the country’s founding).
ND Experts
American Studies
-
America
Catholics need a restorative justice approach to the church’s sexual abuse crisis
December 20, 2022
Daniel Philpott is a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Political Science
Fast Company
What the TikTok government bans mean for you
December 18, 2022
To Kirsten Martin, director of Notre Dame University’s tech ethics center, the TikTok dogpiling seems more like a reaction from politicians not being able to crack the app’s influence.
ND Experts
Mendoza College of Business
CBS News
University of Notre Dame athletes spread cheer to children fighting cancer
Video
December 17, 2022
University of Notre Dame athletes are typically the ones being cheered on. But a handful of athletes have formed an initiative to do some cheering of their own by providing pep talks to children battling cancer.
National Catholic Reporter
Eucharistic Revival seen as chance to minister with Latino Catholics
December 14, 2022
Timothy Matovina, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame who focuses on Latino Catholics, said that many Latinos "almost act sometimes as if the Eucharist is reserved for the most holy. You'll hear people say, 'Well, my parents were divorced, so I can't receive Communion,' which of course is not true."
ND Experts
Department of Theology