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Condemn Hamas? Mourn the loss of life? Draw attention to the suffering of both Palestinians and Israelis?
Stay silent?
College presidents across the country have entered a danger zone when venturing to comment on Hamas’ attack on Israel Oct. 7 — and even by not commenting on it.
The temperature isn’t as high on Catholic college campuses as at some secular schools — there aren’t widespread calls for resignations, as at the University of Pennsylvania, or the public withdrawal of multimillion-dollar grants, as at Harvard.
But like their secular counterparts, Catholic college presidents have drawn scrutiny over what they have said and what they haven’t said.
The Register recently contacted several prominent Catholic colleges in the United States, asking why they have said what they have said.
And also: Why say anything at all?
“We’re The Catholic University of America and we feel we have a responsibility to the Church, the nation and the world to make statements on important moral issues,” Peter Kilpatrick, the university’s president, told the Register.
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Stay silent?
College presidents across the country have entered a danger zone when venturing to comment on Hamas’ attack on Israel Oct. 7 — and even by not commenting on it.
The temperature isn’t as high on Catholic college campuses as at some secular schools — there aren’t widespread calls for resignations, as at the University of Pennsylvania, or the public withdrawal of multimillion-dollar grants, as at Harvard.
But like their secular counterparts, Catholic college presidents have drawn scrutiny over what they have said and what they haven’t said.
The Register recently contacted several prominent Catholic colleges in the United States, asking why they have said what they have said.
And also: Why say anything at all?
“We’re The Catholic University of America and we feel we have a responsibility to the Church, the nation and the world to make statements on important moral issues,” Peter Kilpatrick, the university’s president, told the Register.
‘Unimaginable Suffering’
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Catholic College Presidents Confront Hamas Attack on Israel and Israeli Response
All Lament, Many Condemn
