CHICAGO'S CARDINAL STANDS BY NOTRE DAME CRITICISM

Archbishop of Chicago Cardinal Francis George reiterated his criticism of Notre Dame's commencement address invitation to President Obama.

George again said that Obama's planned speech caused,"extreme embarrassment" for Catholics and that Notre Dame,The country's flagship catholic university,"didn't understand what it means to be Catholic when they issued this invitation."

"The bishops don't control the University of Notre Dame...but what one Catholic does affects all of us," George said. 

The Cardinal has made it clear that although he agrees with Obama on certain issues, his(Obama) position on abortion and embryonic stem-cell research remain fault lines, saying"It's a crime and a sin  to kill a human being."

Although many Catholic officials have joined the Cardinal in his opposition of the invitation, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and his brother Bill Daley,life-long Chicago Catholics, have not agreed. In a typical head scratching quote to keep Obama in his "back pocket" Mayor Daley said,"There is always controversy when any President speaks,but you live through the controversy." Typical idiotic  Daley comment that made no mention of the actual issue, but again showed that having a Chicago connection in Washington is far more important than moral beliefs.

Bill Daley,a co-chairman of Obama's campaign, took issue with Cardinal George's reasoning," I believe Cardinal George's stand is an embarrassment to Chicago Catholics and furthers the divide among the church, its members and the rest of America."

The Daley's, in typical Daley fashion, are playing the liberal humane card  in a feeble  attempt to cover their political best interests, even  at the expense of their "lifelong Catholic beliefs."