Next, in research. Our point of departure can no longer be a cynicism that proclaims we cannot be a university and be Catholic. The world has had enough of that. The self-serving interests and ideologies of an extreme left that denies any objectivity or of an extreme right that admits of no other point of view cannot hold a Catholic university hostage. The course that a Catholic university steers is one that advocates both academic freedom and academic responsibility, both of which seek truth through fidelity.
Truth can also drown in a welter of other concerns.
Again, Ex Corde Ecclesiae proclaimed that A Catholic university must have the courage to speak uncomfortable truths which do not please public opinion but which are necessary to safeguard the authentic good of human society. Finally our leadership must include student life and campus ministry. Here we touch not only the mind but also the heart and the soul of our students. Remember, we have not chosen them, they have chosen us. The Holy Father has said As a natural expression of the Catholic identity of the university, the university community should give a practical demonstration of its faith in its daily activity.