Matt Walsh
"If you walk onto the campus of pretty much any allegedly Catholic university today, what you'll find is unrecognizable from just a few decades ago. For instance, just last year, several groups at the University of Notre Dame hosted an event series dedicated to reproductive justice. The series attracted criticism for its decidedly pro-abortion slant: an abortion doula with a tattoo of abortion equipment was one of the speakers. The series was sponsored by the University of Notre Dame’s "gender studies program," which apparently exists for some reason. And evidently the Catholic perspective on abortion — actual Catholic teaching on the subject — wasn't even presented at these events, even though that's supposedly university policy. Catholic teaching is supposed to be the fundamental guiding principle of a Catholic university.
Pretty much all the major Catholic universities are like this now, from Georgetown to Fordham to Villanova. There's been a lot of coverage of what's happened at these schools, so there's no need to belabor the point. What hasn't been covered to anywhere near the same degree, is the extent to which left-wing radicalism has infiltrated Christian churches all over the country more broadly. And, trust me, once you dive down that rabbit hole, the reality is bleak."
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GJ - Postscript -
The Fiorenza class (he is now retired from Harvard) agreed that the Pope was not infallible. One parish pastor went nuts over their response. He said, "How can you be a Catholic?!" Of course, I agreed with the liberal Catholics.
A priest and a Christian Brother (retired now as the president of a Catholic University) were disgusted that I believed in the Virgin Birth of Mary and the actual resurrection of Jesus Christ. They stomped away saying, "There is no use to talking to you." That took place at the Notre Dame seminary, and all of us earned a PhD. The priest got married and continued teaching in Catholic schools.
Fiorenza loved Tillich, an adulterer who slept with his students' wives and published a ludicrous, myth-using dogmatics book and also borrowed his student's ideas in The Courage To Be. When I mocked Tillich in class, Fiorenza said, "Lutherans do not understand Luther." I responded, "Lutherans do not understand Luther?" Silence.
Fiorenza had been the president of the Karl Barth Society, so he told us that the Barth scholars agreed with Barth living with his mistress (Charlotte Kirschbaum) and letting her do most of the work in the fabulous, windy Dogmatics, but not giving her the any credit of authorship.
My advisor adored Tillich and was very upset about my criticism of Tillich's work. I refused to have him on my dissertation committee, because he blocked the work of anyone who wanted to finish. I said, "No deal!" to Stanley Hauerwas, who was the chairman.
My other advisor, John Howard Yoder, was also a Barth scholar, and was disciplined for his many sexual escapades with Mennonite women. I did not know that until many years later.
