The idea of a Catholic University has been foremost in my mind in recent days. Catholic means “universal”, but what makes a university Catholic? Greater intellects than mine have considered this question before. John Henry Newman — a saint of the Catholic Church and the patron saint of the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy at Read more
A Jesuit academic has been barred from teaching theology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Late last month, the university’s chancellor Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello removed Professor Jorge Costadoat, SJ, from the role. In a letter to the university’s council, Cardinal Ezzati stated Fr Costadoat’s academic path “included unwise affirmations that blurred the magisterial Read more
A new Catholic university is to open in London next year, backed by philosophers Roger Scruton and Anthony O’Hear. Students will spend the first term on a grand tour of Italy and will learn the “canon of western thought” at the university. The institution, named Benedictus after St Benedict of Nursia, will charge students NZ$25,000 Read more
A majority of arts and science faculty members at the University of San Diego have supported a vote of no-confidence in the Catholic university’s president after she rescinded a visiting fellowship for a British theologian who supports same-sex marriage. The motion approved in a 99-16 vote declared that Dr Mary Lyons had “shown herself to Read more
Ave Maria University was established in 2003 by Tom Monaghan, the founder of Domino’s Pizza. The University has emphasized its strong commitment to the Catholic faith from its inception. But Bishop Dewane, bishop of the Diocese of Venice in Florida, had been cautious about granting the school official recognition, apparently because of concerns about the Read more