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Father Jenkins is a disgrace to Notre Dame and the Catholic Faith

Letter to the Editor | Monday, November 12, 2018

I must say at the outset that I am a loyal son of the Church, and it is because of my love for her that I cannot stay silent regarding Fr. Jenkins’ recent comments about the clerical sex abuse crisis. Fr. Jenkins demonstrated clearly that he either doesn’t recognize that evil stalks our world —

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A people of hope

Letter to the Editor | Friday, October 5, 2018

“Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who have been pasturing themselves! Should not shepherds, rather, pasture sheep?” These words from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel are painfully true today. Starting this past summer, the Catholic Church in the United States has found herself once again amidst great scandal with the news of Archbishop Theodore