April 11, 2008

Papal Decree on Colleges Was 'a Call to Authenticity'

Interview by RICHARD BYRNE

The Very Rev. David M. O'Connell is president of the Catholic University of America. He took up the post in 1998. He is a canon lawyer by training, and has been a staunch advocate of Ex corde Ecclesiae at his university and throughout Catholic higher education in the United States.

Q. Pope Benedict's visit to the Catholic University of America is a big event in Catholic higher education. Can you talk a little bit about why?

A. First of all, I'd like to make clear why the pope is

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