It’s an iPhone application from the Archdiocese of New Orleans. From the release: Want to know what’s going on in the Archdiocese of New Orleans? Fire up iFaith and tap “latest news” to read all of the latest Archdiocesan news and events. iFaith is the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans iPhone application designed for…

America magazine, as promised, has the official, redacted version of Fr. Cleary’s letter to President Obama here. It is much more successful, I think, largely thanks to editing. Better still, from my point of view, FWIW, is a commentary on the whole Notre Dame-Obama controversy  by the retired archbishop of San Francisco, John R. Quinn. It…

When I first saw the text of the 13-page letter from U.S. Father Hugh W. Cleary, Holy Cross superior general in Rome, to President Obama, regarding Obama’s scheduled commencement address at Notre Dame, I couldn’t make heads or tails of it. It seemed to circle around on itself so much I thought it was a hoax. But it’s…

Here is the full text of the 13-page letter (click at the end of this page for the rest) to President Obama from the Rev. Hugh W. Cleary, C.S.C. Superior General of the Congregation of Holy Cross, which oversees Notre Dame:     THE CONGREGATION OF HOLY CROSS General Administration Via Framura, 85 00168 Rome,…

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