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South Bend, Ind., Mar 7, 2013 \/ 12:08 am (CNA<\/a>).- Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary degree at the University of Notre Dame\u2019s graduation ceremony on May 19.<\/p>\n

\tCardinal Dolan is \u201ca man of great intelligence and personal warmth, and a dedicated shepherd of the Church,\u201d said Notre Dame president Father John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.<\/p>\n

\tHe explained in a March 6 statement that the university is \u201cgrateful\u201d that the cardinal has accepted its invitation to celebrate the students\u2019 graduation and to \u201cprovide them with words of wisdom as they set out into the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe invitation to Cardinal Dolan comes four years after the university\u2019s intensely controversial invitation to President Barack Obama to deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary degree at the May 2009 commencement.<\/p>\n

\tMany pro-life advocates objected to granting university honors to a president deeply committed to legal abortion, and numerous bishops spoke out against the invitation.<\/p>\n

\tIn April 2009, then-Archbishop Dolan said the invitation to President Obama was a mistake and sent the wrong signal to students that the president is to be held up as a model. However, the archbishop also stressed the need to engage with politicians and others who support abortion.<\/p>\n

\tFormer Vatican ambassador Mary Ann Glendon declined the university\u2019s Laetare Medal, which was to be awarded to her at the 2009 commencement. She cited the controversy between the university and the U.S. bishops, as well as her concern that honoring the president would encourage other Catholic institutions to ignore the bishops.<\/p>\n

\tOpponents of the invitation to the president cited the U.S. bishops\u2019 own instructions in a 2004 document on Catholics in political life. The bishops said that Catholic universities should not honor those who \u201cact in defiance of our fundamental moral principles\u201d and should not be given honors or platforms that would \u201csuggest support for their actions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tFollowing the controversy, Notre Dame launched several pro-life initiatives. It created a paid position of coordinator for university pro-life efforts and sought to expand support for pregnant women.<\/p>\n

\tThe university will now prepare to welcome Cardinal Dolan, who has been Archbishop of New York since 2009. Pope Benedict XVI made him a cardinal in 2012, and he is presently in Rome for the conclave to elect the next Pope.<\/p>\n

\tThe cardinal is also the current president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. During his time in this position, he has worked to defend the religious liberty of individuals and institutions from the recent federal contraception mandate.<\/p>\n

\tIssued by the Department of Health and Human Services, the mandate requires employers and schools to offer health insurance plans covering sterilization and contraception, including some abortion-causing drugs. Those who violate the requirement face stiff fines.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\tLast May, Notre Dame became one of dozens of plaintiffs to file a lawsuit challenging the mandate on the grounds that it forced the university to violate its religious convictions.<\/p>\n

\tIn December, a federal judge ruled the lawsuit was premature because the Obama administration has promised to formally amend the mandate in the coming months to accommodate religious freedom.<\/p>\n

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