At ave maria, 90 of the 1,000member student body are catholic. Professors pledge to uphold catholic beliefs. There are worship sites in every dorm, and mass is held three times a day. Its president , jim towey, who worked for the Bush Administration as director of its faithbased and Community Initiatives office, also served as Legal Advisor for the late mother teresa. Ave maria is determined to stay a course from which its president says other catholic institutions have strayed. In an age where modernity has attacked the whole idea of objective truth and the whole relativism that you see thats pervasive in our culture, i guess this universitys not going to be here to be popular. Its not here to try to please everyone. Its here to try to be true to itself and its own catholic identity. Georgetown university, renowned for its academic excellence, has a different view of its catholic identity. All students, though only half of the 7,000 undergraduates are catholic, are required to take tw
Announcer major funding for religion and ethics newsweekly is provided by the lillian endoumt, a private Family Foundation dedicated to its founders interest in religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. This weekend, pope francis is continuing the push for peace he began during his recent visit to the middle east, as he hosts Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and israeli president shimon peres for a special vatican prayer meeting. Francis says he believes prayer is a key element in the peace process. Earlier in the week, he renewed calls for peace in syria and criticized what he called a globalization of indifference which has numbed people to the ongoing violence and humanitarian devastation caused by that conflict. Meanwhile, francis raised eyebrows with
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Renouncing most possessions, all violence and anything but vegetables to eat. Major funding is provided by the lillian endowment and indianapolis based dedicated to founders in religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america. Designing customized, individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. And the corporation for public broadcasting. Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. The International Community was deeply divided this week over military strikes against syria in response to reports last week that the assad regime had used chemical weapons on the Syrian People. The Obama Administration said at least 1,429 people were killed in the chemical attack, among them, 426 children. On friday, the secretary of state john kerry outlined the administrations case against the assad regime. Earlier in the week, kerry said the chemical attack should shock the conscience of the world. Let me