Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America, has been named the recipient of the University of Notre Dame's 2024 Laetare Medal, the oldest and most prestigious honor given to American Catholics.
It will be presented at the university's 179th commencement ceremony May 19 at
Synodality is an issue that everyone in the church needs to understand and embrace, Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, told an audience at the University of Notre Dame.
The cardinal addressed "The Role of the Synodal Bishop" in a
Catholic universities are called to contribute to the growth of the intellectual tradition of the church as well as the hearts of their students, forming them into agents of good, Pope Francis told the University of Notre Dame's board of trustees.
"The educational
The University of Notre Dame has selected a new president who said he hopes to position the school as an "ever-greater engine of insight, innovation and impact."
The Catholic university's board of trustees announced Dec. 4 that Holy Cross Father Robert A. Dowd
The longtime president of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana will step down at the end of the current academic year to return to teaching and ministry at the school. Father John I. Jenkins, a Holy Cross priest, announced the news
Notre Dame football is an American legend. Its home games are treated as rituals. Students pack the stands. At every game, rain or shine, they sing the school’s Alma Mater, accompanied by the equally legendary Fighting Irish Marching Band. These are the
As head of the nation’s largest pro-life student group, Kylie Gallegos readily shares her advice for other groups at colleges and universities: “Never slow down,” Gallegos, the president of Notre Dame Right to Life (NDRtL), told Our Sunday Visitor. “And to always
A lecture series on "reproductive justice" at the University of Notre Dame is advancing "activist propaganda" rather than "conducting a neutral inquiry or exploring the debates within this field," Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, in whose diocese the university
Bishop Kevin Rhoades warns against a lecture series promoting abortion at the University of Notre Dame that dissents from the culture of life.
Violations of religious liberty are increasing around the world, and U.S. citizens have a special responsibility to stand up for the religious freedom of all believers in all nations, said Samah Norquist, former chief adviser for international religious freedom to the administrator