The University of Notre Dame and Georgetown University are among a group of 16 private educational institutions named in a lawsuit alleging a conspiracy to fix student financial aid distribution formulas among them.
Higher Education
Posted inFaith, Short Take
R.I.P. John Padberg, a Jesuit historian and a historian of Jesuits
John Padberg, S.J., the noted Jesuit historian, died on Christmas Day. He is remembered here by his longtime friend and colleague, John W. O’Malley, S.J.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
A ‘George Floyd’ icon sparked outrage at Catholic University. Now, the artist discusses the backlash.
Some derided the art as contemptuous of God and sacrilegious. What did artist Kelly Latimore intend to convey with the image? Is the picture meant to be a deification of George Floyd?
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Cardinal Czerny: Theology must be grounded in pastoral experience
Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., in a speech at Regis College in Toronto, said that pastoral experience, more than any church document, should be the material of theological reflection.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
After racist comments, Catholic University replaces stolen icon depicting Black Mary and Jesus
The president of The Catholic University of America said the institution’s law school has replaced an icon of Mary holding Jesus that was stolen after some complained the image of Christ resembled George Floyd.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The racism in Western theological education
In his analysis of Western theological education, Willie James Jennings argues for an institution that does not replicate structures of exclusion or division, but rather reflects the image of the body of Christ.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Covid delayed my college graduation 517 days. It taught me the importance of rituals—even if we celebrate them late.
Can a ritual that comes a year and a half late possibly mean what it was originally supposed to? No. But it ended up having a deep meaning entirely its own.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Young women, #MeToo and clergy sex abuse: Lessons from my students
My students at a Catholic women’s college have taught me—and can teach the rest of the church—a great deal about living in a church marred by the scandal of sexual abuse by clergy.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
My students saw no need to read non-Catholic thinkers. I had other plans.
If we can treat others and their ideas with such humility and gratitude, the only thing we will ever want to cancel will be our pride.
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John Garvey, the president of The Catholic University of America, will step down in June
John Garvey, president of The Catholic University of America in Washington since 2010, announced Sept. 22 that he will be stepping down from the role he described as “an honor and a privilege” at the end of June.