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The Recap Episode 4: Students’ letter on mental health reaches University leadership

The Recap and Ryan Peters | Friday, March 5, 2021

In this episode of The Recap, host Ryan Peters shares stories covering a letter that reached University leadership, a philosophy professor who had an article published in Psychology Today and a petition calling for a Vatican investigation of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that 28 Notre Dame professors signed. Transcript: Ryan Peters:

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Why I cried when marriage equality was legalized

Ashton Weber | Tuesday, March 2, 2021

On June 26, 2015, I woke up at my grandparents’ home in New Hampshire. As I walked downstairs, I saw that the TV was on and that President Obama was addressing the nation, but I went to get breakfast instead of paying attention. A few minutes later, I returned to the living room where the

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Concerns raised over United States Conference of Catholic Bishops partisanship sparks calls for Vatican investigation

Maria Luisa Paul | Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Sixty years after President John F. Kennedy said to an audience of skeptical Protestant ministers that he was “the Democratic Party’s candidate for president, who happens also to be a Catholic,” President Joseph R. Biden has become the second Catholic to lead the nation. His presidency comes at a time marked by increased polarization of politics

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Fossil fuel and moral obligation

Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, March 21, 2017

As a Catholic institution, Notre Dame prides itself as a moral leader. In order to operate in a socially responsible way, Notre Dame’s Investment Office follows investment guidelines from The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The USCCB is composed of bishops representing Catholics throughout the U.S. with a mission to promote social justice and

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‘These are our brothers and sisters’

Jack Rooney | Friday, November 7, 2014

For months, the Islamic State group commonly referred to as ISIS has made shockwaves in the Middle East and around the world with its swift, merciless and religiously-motivated violence. On a recent trip to the Middle East, Notre Dame professor of theology Fr. Dan Groody witnessed the human face of the victims of the Islamic