President of Nation’s Catholic Bishops Condemns Notre Dame Pro-Abortion Appointment

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops condemned the University of Notre Dame’s decision to appoint a pro-abortion professor to lead one of its academic institutes.

The Catholic leader is calling it poor judgment that opposes Catholic teaching on the sanctity of life and the protection of the unborn.

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, who currently serves as USCCB president, said in a statement posted Friday on X that he fully supports Bishop Kevin Rhoades...