Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in the United States, has appointed Eduardo Pe\u00f1alver as its next president. In past writings, Pe\u00f1alver has publicly stated that he rejects the Catholic Church\u2019s teaching on homosexuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a 2014 essay for Commonweal<\/em>, Pe\u00f1alver wrote, \u201cI reject the Church\u2019s teachings on homosexuality, so I would favor an even easier way out by treating committed gay relationships as morally valuable.\u201d<\/em> He added that he views such relationships as expressions of love similar to marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pe\u00f1alver, who previously served as dean of Cornell Law School, has also spoken in favor of LGBT causes and criticized pro-life legal decisions. He opposed the Trump administration\u2019s policy barring transgender individuals from serving in the military, calling it an \u201cunprecedented step backward.\u201d He likewise condemned the Supreme Court\u2019s overturning of Roe v. Wade<\/em>, claiming it would harm \u201cvulnerable women and LGBTQ individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n His appointment has drawn criticism from Catholic educators and organizations who argue that Georgetown has long departed from its Catholic identity. The Cardinal Newman Society, which promotes faithful Catholic education, noted that Church documents such as Ex Corde Ecclesiae<\/em> require a Catholic university president to uphold Church teachings and foster a strong Catholic mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in the United States, has appointed Eduardo Pe\u00f1alver as its next president. In past writings, Pe\u00f1alver has publicly stated that he rejects the Catholic Church\u2019s teaching on homosexuality. In a 2014 essay for Commonweal, Pe\u00f1alver wrote, \u201cI reject the Church\u2019s teachings on homosexuality, so I would favor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":267483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[804,511,805],"tags":[4861,7186],"class_list":["post-267482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-culture","category-foreground","tag-gender-ideology","tag-lgbt-ideology"],"yoast_head":"\n