Catholic Lawmaker Debate Ensnares Colleges

An election-year dispute over Roman Catholic politicians and their obedience to church teaching has extended to Catholic colleges, as U.S. bishops collectively warn schools against honoring dissenting lawmakers.

The admonition, in the bishops' statement last week on the duties of Catholics in public life, puts new pressure on Catholic colleges and universities as they decide which speakers to invite to campus. Conservative Catholic watchdog groups like the Cardinal Newman Society say the prelates' statement is their strongest yet on the topic.

``Never has it in any formal way been addressed by the bishops as a whole,'' said Patrick Reilly, the society's president.

We can rest assured, however, that this will be followed as faithfully as "Ex Corde Ecclesiae" has been.

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