Thousands of pro-life Catholics have called on Father John Jenkins, President of Notre Dame University, to rescind his invitation to President Barack Obama as commencement speaker this Sunday. The faithful are offended that the University is bestowing an honorary Doctor of Laws on a president whose policies, political and judicial appointments are the most pro-abortion of any president in history.

• "A house divided against itself cannot stand." If you can welcome the most pro-abortion president ever to the campus of Notre Dame, why have you had faithful, pro-life priests and laymen arrested for praying and engaging in peaceful protest on the campus?
• "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." Why are you conferring a Doctor of Laws degree on a man whose policies violate God's laws? How much money has this prestige cost Notre Dame thus far?
• Why are you violating the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops by giving Obama a platform and honorary degree: "The Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. They should not be given awards, honors or platforms which would suggest support for their actions."

• Wouldn't it have been more honorable to remove yourself as speaker and end the strife in this religious community? How can you accept an honorary degree as one who "is inspiring this nation to heal its divisions of religion" when your presence at Notre Dame creates such acrimony?
• How do you reconcile your pro-abortion policies with your professed belief in Christ and Scripture?
• "When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: ‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!'" Aren't you glad this teen-age mother didn't think she was being "punished with a baby"?
• "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." Why aren't the unborn included in your "audacious hope for a brighter tomorrow"?
• "Do not murder." How do you justify denying innocent unborn children due process of law while making certain that suspected terrorists enjoy constitutional rights?
• "Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." You may not feel that you owe any of us an explanation for your anti-life policies, but you'd better be prepared to give one.
• "Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not requite man according to his work?" Apparently, the point at which a baby gets human rights is still above your pay grade.