The University of Notre Dame is fully walking back changes to its staff values after major backlash over the school watering down its historic Catholic mission. The Catholic university on Nov. 10 replaced staff values that required employees to understand and accept “the Catholic mission of the university” with generic concepts such as “treat every person with dignity and respect” and “work together.

Father Dowd emphasized that the school’s Catholic mission ‘guides and informs all that we do and how we work together.’

The University of Notre Dame has dropped acceptance and support for its Catholic mission from the list of staff values it has held for the past 20 years.

Weeks earlier, the reference had been removed and described instead as an overarching value governing the others

The pope expressed his gratitude for Notre Dame, spoke about humanitarian crises in the world and discussed the role of Catholic universities in serving the Church.

Notre Dame removed a Catholic mission requirement from new staff values, although it continues to say it always seeks to advance its mission as a global Catholic research university.

The University of Notre Dame has faced accusations of timidity and partisanship since the news broke last week that neither President Donald Trump nor Vice President JD Vance will be delivering this May’s commencement address, apparently bringing to an ...

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