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CUA president sees Catholic identity enhanced during his 12-year term
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BALTIMORE (CNS) -- In his final report to the bishops before stepping down at the end of this academic year, the president of The Catholic University of America in Washington expressed satisfaction with steps taken to reinforce the school's Catholic identity and heal the breach of a "certain alienation" from the bishops in years past. Speaking Nov. 16 at the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore, Vincentian Father David M. O'Connell said it was "no secret that Catholic University struggled with its identity at times in the not too distant past and that these struggles resulted in a certain alienation from you -- the bishops who sponsor the university -- for many years." He also said the greatest progress the university has made under his tenure came in the area of Catholic identity and the school's "clear, public and unapologetic expression resulting in the re-engagement of the bishops in the life and work of their university." At the end of his talk, Father O'Connell received a standing ovation from the bishops.
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