“Thirteen years after naming a new residence hall at Loyola University Maryland in honor of the Catholic author Flannery O’Connor, Jesuit Fr. Brian Linnane, the university’s president, removed the writer’s name from the building.
Concerns about her use of racist language in private correspondence prompted more than 1,000 people to sign an online petition asking Loyola to rename the residence hall.
“We were looking to name the building for someone who reflects the values of Loyola and its students at the present time and whose commitment to the fight for racial equality — from an intellectual point of view and from a faith perspective — would be more appropriate for the residence hall.“
In my view the Roman Catholic Church of the United States – and in particular the Jesuit order – deserve anything unpleasant that likely may be coming their way.
Source: National Catholic Reporter 7/29/2020
(Title of this post courtesy of Triumph magazine, 1969)
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