Luigi Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I've heard of the University of Louvain in Belgium for a long time - I know it's been around for centuries. But I don't know anything about it, really. Is it sponsored by a diocese? Or a religious order? https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/i-am-not-afraid-prof-facing-investigation-by-catholic-university-for-callin?utm_source=LifePetitions+petition+signers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allegra Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Actually there are two universities that separated from being once united as the centuries old State (Rijk/Catholic) University of Louvain (having a very complex past of State's and Bishops' conference's founding fathers and several movers) in the sixties due to ethnic tensions in Belgium (French vs. Flemish). So today there is the KU Leuwen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Flemish speaking, and the French speaking Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), about half of the size of the KU and shifted to Louvain-La-Neuve outskirts. As customary in Belgium, the KU is about 65-70% government funded, the UCL about the same, both via Federal government and via the respective French and Flemish community government. Most what one hears is about the KU, not the UCL, but the case mentioned is UCL related. And, what several media do not state clearly, Mr. Mercier was on a temporary contract at the UCL that was ending in September anyhow, without right or guarantee (and maybe not even probability, who knows) to be prolonged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 If he was speaking solely from philosophy, as he says, was he willing to be countered as wrong? And was the university willing to let a debate happen? IMO those are the questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allegra Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 The document in question (in French) can be found here. The author states at the beginning having based it completely on Prof. Peter Kreeft's Pro-Life Philosophy argumentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 (edited) LifeSiteNews tends to be sensationalistic in their reporting, there's usually another side to the story. Well look at that, I hadn't even read the other replies yet, but it seems LifeSite gonna LifeSite. Edited June 13, 2017 by Amppax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 On 6/13/2017 at 9:01 AM, Amppax said: LifeSiteNews tends to be sensationalistic in their reporting, there's usually another side to the story. Well look at that, I hadn't even read the other replies yet, but it seems LifeSite gonna LifeSite. I did not know this. I don't read that site regularly. Thanks for the insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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