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9 Nov 2010

Major US academic project will examine religious and secular tensions

The University of Notre Dame in the USA is inaugurating a major cross-cultural research project on 'contending modernities', religious and secular.
17 May 2009

Obama wins standing ovation for openness plea at Notre Dame

After hardline Catholics had sought to prevent Notre Dame University from inviting President Barack Obama to give a commencement address, his call for people of divergent convictions to find common ground in reason and faith was warmly received.
30 Mar 2009

Notre Dame refusing to be bullied by anti-Obama campaigners

Catholic university president Fr John Jenkins and officials at Notre Dame are standing firmly behind their decision to invite President Obama to deliver their commencement address in May.
26 Mar 2009

US Catholic university under attack over Obama invitation

Hardline lobbyists in the USA have launched a campaign to try to stop one of the country's leading Catholic universities from having President Barack Obama as a campus speaker.