By Luke Nolan Earlier this month, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California was questioning Amy Coney Barrett during her confirmation hearing for the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. During the hearing, Feinstein made a rather inappropriate comment regarding Barrett’s Catholic faith. “When you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly…
I was at dinner the other day when my friend told me something his father use to say. “If someone tells you that he is a Republican and Catholic, you know one of those statements is a lie.” As a registered Independent, I can’t say I was greatly offended. However, this insinuation that Catholics can’t…
By Luis Rodriguez Contributing Writer In order to teach students Franciscan values, the university has started a new project, the Lateran Center, to create programs that will help explain what the Franciscan mission is. “The Lateran center is not trying to reinvent things, but trying to help be clearer about what we already do,” said…
By Kiara Catanzaro Staff Writer Violence towards the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community has occurred for decades. However, many groups have formed across the nation to help students in the community. Spectrum, Bonaventure’s gay-straight alliance for the campus’ LGBT students and straight allies, created its own support group for these students. Spectrum hosted…
By Nicole Albright Contributing Writer It was the news that shocked the world: On Feb. 11, Pope Benedict XVI announced he would step down from his position. Now the race is on for the papacy, and some Americans want one of their own to be considered for the position. An American pope? Such an idea…
By Tate M. Slaven Contributing Writer “In a global society it is important to have an understanding of religious traditions so that we can have a respect and understanding based on fact and not on suppositions.” Sister Suzanne Kush, C.S.S.F., director of St. Bonaventure’s Franciscan Center for Social Concern, explained why the Festival of Faiths…
By Kerri Linsenbigler Features Editor On Sunday, Oct. 21, the Catholic world will watch as two religious women are canonized in Rome. One of these women, however, has a direct connection to St. Bonaventure. Blessed Marianne Cope will become the first American Franciscan saint after this weekend. She joined the Franciscan Sisters of Syracuse (now…
