UPDATE: Here is the video of Bishop D'Arcy's interview - Indiana's NewsCenter - Local & Regional - Video - Exclusive D'Arcy Interview
The Bishop was just about the first prelate to speak out, and he has spoken out eloquently. He will not be attending the graduation, for the first time in 25 years. LifeNet: Bishop of South Bend - Notre Dame chooses "Prestige over Truth"
Here is a recent interview with Bishop D"Arcy - note his quote on President Obama's "experience with the laws". as well as the last sentence we have excerpted.
In a recent interview with a local Indiana news station, Bishop D'Arcy said he was stunned at the decision, especially since he was not informed until after it was made public.
"This is giving a Doctorate of Laws to a person whose only experience with the laws ... has been anti-life laws," D'Arcy explained.
D'Arcy also explained his reasons for boycotting the commencement ceremony where President Obama would be speaking. "If I'm up there on the platform, it must be OK," he said. "It's saying to the young people, 'Well, it's OK, it really doesn't matter."
The bishop said he feared that by inviting Obama, Notre Dame "has alienated itself from the Catholic community, from the bishops - many bishops are writing - from ordinary Catholic people."
Regarding Fr. Jenkins' reaction to D'Arcy's plan to boycott the ceremony, D'Arcy said, "I don't know if he understands my position. I think he minds it, I think he's troubled by it, and I don't think he really is eager to talk about it too much."
"If he [Obama] came for a seminar, even on this issue, or on health care or something like that, that's what the University should be doing," said D'Arcy. "But to honor someone with a doctorate of laws, and the only laws he has made are laws which are against innocent life."
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