05-13-2011, 05:36 PM
the_poochies wrote:
[quote=cbelt3]
OK, Basic FAQ:
Catholic schools and Universities employe lay persons who are not required to be of the Catholic faith, and are not subject to religious doctrine. They may be subject to a higher religious based moral standard, but that's on a contractual basis within the limits of the law. (My father was a professor at a Catholic University. One of his best friends and colleagues at the school was Jewish. And divorced twice. )
Well said, cbelt3.
I thought that Catholic U. was the only US Catholic nniversity that was actually established by the Vatican and therefore holds its faculty to stricter adherence to the teachings of the magisterium than other Catholic universities established by religious orders.
Catholic U has 59% Catholic faculty, according to wiki. They are the only US Catholic university founded by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and the only to have an ecclesiastical faculty (seminary.)