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By Peter Wolfgang, Catholic Culture - Readers of this column know that I occasionally opine on matters of Biblical scholarship about which I have no expertise. Buckle up because I am about to do it again. In fact, it is because I have no expertise that I want to say something about this. Something on behalf of us little people, the non-experts... Last month I attended a Bible conference in Connecticut put on by the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. The talks were given by Scott Hahn, who founded the Center, along with two of the Center’s affiliated scholars, John Bergsma and Jeff Morrow.

By Alyssa Murphy, National Catholic Register - Delving even deeper into ways to quell the unease, the Register turned to not only Bishop Burbidge, but Msgr. Charles Pope, Dominican Father Joseph-Anthony Kress, Dominican Sister Mary Madeline Todd, Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Naumann, and EWTN Radio hosts Gregory Popcak and Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers... “We live in unsettling and stormy times as we witness riots in our streets,” Archbishop Naumann said.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews - The Catholic bishop whose diocese includes the University of Notre Dame has sharply criticized the school’s decision to appoint a professor known for her pro-abortion advocacy to a key leadership role... The church leader is calling the move a cause of scandal and urging university officials to rescind it... Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend expressed “dismay” and “strong opposition” to Notre Dame’s naming of Susan Ostermann as director of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies.