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It seems Pope Francis needs to brush up on his Tertullian!

It has been reported (in The ChristLast Media, I must note) that the current Pope does not like the phrase "lead us not into temptation...

"Let no freedom be allowed to novelty, because it is not fitting that any addition should be made to antiquity. Let not the clear faith and belief of our forefathers be fouled by any muddy admixture." -- Pope Sixtus III

Thursday, February 23, 2006

The Catholic crackup continues apace.

DePaul has been Catholic In Name Only for years. The adminstration has now arrived at the point where the First Amendment means nothing. (BTW, does this mean Senator War Hero is on the Board of Regents?)

Update: DePaul Censures Anti-Affirmative Action Group

(CNSNews.com) - A conservative student group has been acquitted of a charge that it violated DePaul University's anti-harassment policy when it conducted a protest against affirmative action, the school announced Monday. However, the DePaul Conservative Alliance (DCA) was found guilty of violating the Code of Student Responsibility and censured.

In January, the DCA held an "affirmative action bake sale" to mock affirmative action policies in higher education. The protests, which have occurred on other college and university campuses, involve white and Asian students being charged more for baked goods than blacks and Hispanics. The mock bake sales are designed to criticize affirmative action policies, not to raise funds.

DePaul officials shut down the protest and opened an investigation to determine if the conservative group violated the university's Anti-Discriminatory Harassment Policy. In a letter to DCA co-founder Michael O'Shea on Feb. 20, DePaul Vice President for Student Advocacy Cynthia Summers wrote that the school found the group not guilty of violating the harassment policy. Nevertheless, she said, the group had violated the Code of Student Responsibility.

The code requires that student groups "exercise good judgment in planning and promoting their activities." In a statement released by the university, DePaul President Dennis Holtschneider explained that "the bake sale was a protest and was intentionally misrepresented by DCA in its promotion table application."

As punishment, the group is required to participate in or host "at least one university-wide event concerning affirmative action principles and practices," according to the letter. The university's letter does not dictate the nature of the event, except for requiring that it be an "educational opportunity."

The DCA will also be restricted from using university "promo tables" to advertise the club on campus for the remainder of the spring semester.

In his statement, Holtschneider wrote that DePaul "is committed to free speech, and as part of that commitment, we understand that we must allow even those activities that might startle or offend to take place, as long as those activities do not violate campus behavior policies."
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St. Vincent DePaul, pray for us.

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