Georgetown’s Thomas Reese weighs in on Barack Obama-Notre Dame kerfuffle
Would you let “that one” speak at your school? Yesterday, we discussed how Notre Dame’s success in booking Barack Obama to speak at the 2009 Commencement was causing a stir among conservative...
View ArticleThomas Reese of Georgetown defends the Pope’s response to abuse scandal
As news outlets, led by the New York Times, offer more and more evidence that Pope Benedict XVI did not take allegations of abuse by Catholic priests seriously enough, papal defenders are beginning to...
View ArticleGeorgetown Jesuit joins letter chastising Boehner
Yesterday, the National Catholic Reporter published an open letter signed by academics at several U.S. Catholic colleges that chastises cuts to social services proposed by U.S. House of Representatives...
View ArticleGeorgetown faculty and administrators release letter to Rep. Paul Ryan...
Over 90 Georgetown faculty and administrators signed a letter criticizing Rep. Paul Ryan‘s (R-Wisc.) budget plan, which cuts antipoverty programs and undermines social welfare programs. The faculty...
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