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Catholic Colleges Brace for Pope's Criticism

Posted Mar 14, 08 12:50 PM CDT in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Pope Benedict XVI’s April address to top Catholic educators is likely to be a call to observe church teachings more closely, reports the Washington Post. All but 20 of the 235 American Catholic colleges and universities are too freethinking to suit the Vatican, says one expert, and the situation "is something that's been simmering for so long that it's reached a boiling point."

The speech will almost certainly include a stern injunction to Catholic schools, under scrutiny for such unorthodox acts as welcoming pro-choice political candidates to their campuses, to "realize that they aren't independent contractors," says the president of Catholic U. A Benedict biographer foresees a question guaranteed to spur some soul-searching: "If you're not going to be an authentically Catholic, orthodox institution, why should you exist?"

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A statue of John Carroll, founder of Georgetown University, sits before Healy Hall on the school's campus in Washington, DC. Georgetown is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in the U.S.   (Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI will make his first papal address in the United States on Catholic education in more than 20 years next month at Catholic University in Washington, D.C.   (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Benedict XVI will make his first papal address in the United States on Catholic education in more than 20 years next month at Catholic University in Washington, D.C.   (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)
Two Catholic priests walk in front of the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the campus of Catholic University in Washington, DC. Pope Benedict will speak at the school next month.   (Getty Images)
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