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Father Hesburgh: A transformative figure in U.S. higher education
By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — When the University of Notre Dame invited President Barack Obama to be its 2009 commencement speaker, it unleashed a firestorm of criticism on one of the country’s most recognized U.S. Catholic institutions of higher education. Holy Cross Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, who …
Court orders review of Notre Dame’s case on contraceptive mandate
By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court March 9 ordered the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its previous ruling and review — in light of the June Hobby Lobby decision — whether the University of Notre Dame must pay for coverage of contraceptives …