{"id":77923,"date":"2026-03-27T20:05:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=77923"},"modified":"2026-03-27T20:05:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:05:54","slug":"amid-criticism-by-bishops-notre-dame-says-pro-abortion-professor-well-prepared-to-lead-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/amid-criticism-by-bishops-notre-dame-says-pro-abortion-professor-well-prepared-to-lead-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Trotz Kritik von Bisch\u00f6fen: Notre Dame bezeichnet abtreibungsbef\u00fcrwortende Professorin als \u201egut vorbereitet\u201c f\u00fcr die Leitung des Instituts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Die University of Notre Dame signalisiert, dass sie an der Ernennung einer offen abtreibungsbef\u00fcrwortenden Aktivistin zur Leiterin eines Universit\u00e4tsinstituts festhalten wird, selbst nachdem Bisch\u00f6fe aus den gesamten USA die Entscheidung kritisiert und die Hochschule zum Umdenken aufgefordert haben.<\/p>\n

Mehrere Bisch\u00f6fe haben die Entscheidung der Hochschule beklagt, die Professorin f\u00fcr globale Angelegenheiten, Susan Ostermann, zur Direktorin des Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies zu ernennen. Die Hochschule gab die Ernennung im Januar bekannt.<\/p>\n

Am 11. Februar \u00e4u\u00dferte Bischof Kevin Rhoades von Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, dessen Di\u00f6zesangebiet die Universit\u00e4t umfasst, \u201eBest\u00fcrzung\u201c und \u201estarken Widerstand\u201c <\/a>gegen die Ernennung und forderte die Hochschule auf, die Zuweisung unter Verweis auf Ostermanns \u00f6ffentliche Unterst\u00fctzung f\u00fcr Abtreibung r\u00fcckg\u00e4ngig zu machen.<\/p>\n

Mehrere Mitbr\u00fcder von Rhoades im Bischofsamt schlossen sich dem an, lobten Rhoades f\u00fcr seine Erkl\u00e4rung und forderten die Universit\u00e4t ebenfalls auf, ihre Entscheidung bez\u00fcglich Ostermanns Ernennung zu revidieren.<\/p>\n

Doch in einer Erkl\u00e4rung gegen\u00fcber EWTN News vom 13. Februar deutete die Hochschule an, dass sie Ostermanns Nominierung f\u00fcr den F\u00fchrungsposten nicht zur\u00fcckziehen werde.<\/p>\n

Ostermann \u201eist eine hoch angesehene Politikwissenschaftlerin und Rechtsgelehrte, deren aufschlussreiche Forschung zur Einhaltung regulatorischer Vorschriften \u2026 die fundierte, interdisziplin\u00e4re Expertise beweist, die f\u00fcr die Leitung des Liu-Instituts erforderlich ist\u201c, so die Hochschule.<\/p>\n

Die Hochschule bezeichnete Ostermann als \u201ezutiefst engagierte P\u00e4dagogin\u201c und erkl\u00e4rte, sie sei \u201egut darauf vorbereitet, die globalen Partnerschaften des Instituts auszubauen und wirkungsvolle Forschungsm\u00f6glichkeiten zu schaffen, die unser Engagement, als herausragende globale katholische Forschungseinrichtung zu dienen, voranbringen\u201c.<\/p>\n

Die Universit\u00e4t betonte ihr \u201eunersch\u00fctterliches\u201c Engagement, \u201edie inh\u00e4rente W\u00fcrde der menschlichen Person und die Heiligkeit des Lebens in jeder Phase zu wahren\u201c.<\/p>\n

\u201eDiejenigen, die in F\u00fchrungspositionen an der Notre Dame t\u00e4tig sind, tun dies mit dem klaren Verst\u00e4ndnis, dass ihre Entscheidungsfindung als F\u00fchrungskr\u00e4fte von der katholischen Mission der Universit\u00e4t geleitet und mit ihr in Einklang stehen muss\u201c, so die Hochschule.<\/p>\n

Die Hochschule reagierte nicht sofort auf die Bitte um eine direkte Best\u00e4tigung, dass sie an Ostermanns Ernennung zur Leitung des Liu-Instituts festh\u00e4lt.<\/p>\n

Ihre Erkl\u00e4rung deutete jedoch darauf hin, dass die Hochschule von der umstrittenen Entscheidung, die sowohl von US-Bisch\u00f6fen als auch von Lebensrechtsaktivisten scharfe Kritik hervorgerufen hat und zum Weggang von mindestens zwei Akademikern von der traditionsreichen katholischen Einrichtung f\u00fchrte, nicht abr\u00fcckt.<\/p>\n

Robert Gimello, ein emeritierter Forschungsprofessor f\u00fcr Theologie und Experte f\u00fcr Buddhismus, sagte dem National Catholic Register,<\/a> dass seine \u201efortgesetzte formelle Verbindung mit einer Einheit der Universit\u00e4t, die von einer solchen Person geleitet wird, f\u00fcr mich einfach unzumutbar ist\u201c.<\/p>\n

Diane Desierto, Professorin f\u00fcr Recht und globale Angelegenheiten, teilte dem Register ebenfalls mit, dass sie aufgrund der Ernennung ihre Verbindungen zum Institut abgebrochen habe.<\/p>\n

Ostermanns offene Abtreibungsbef\u00fcrwortung umfasste F\u00e4lle, in denen sie die Lebensrechtsbewegung mit White Supremacy und Frauenfeindlichkeit in Verbindung brachte.<\/p>\n

Die Professorin sagte dem National Catholic Register im Januar,<\/a> dass sie \u201edie institutionelle Position von Notre Dame zur Heiligkeit des Lebens in jeder Phase respektiert\u201c und beschrieb sich selbst als \u201einspiriert von der Ausrichtung der Universit\u00e4t auf ganzheitliche menschliche Entwicklung, die uns dazu aufruft, die W\u00fcrde und das Gedeihen jedes Menschen zu f\u00f6rdern\u201c.<\/p>\n

Sie sagte dem Register, dass ihre Rolle an der Hochschule \u201edarin besteht, die vielf\u00e4ltige Forschung unserer Wissenschaftler und Studenten zu unterst\u00fctzen, nicht eine pers\u00f6nliche politische Agenda voranzutreiben\u201c.<\/p>\n

Ostermann hatte \u00fcber ihre fr\u00fchere Erkl\u00e4rung<\/a>, hinaus keinen weiteren Kommentar, so ein Sprecher der Universit\u00e4t.<\/p>\n

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The University of Notre Dame is signaling that it will stick by its appointment of an outspoken pro-abortion advocate to lead a university institute even after bishops from around the U.S. have criticized the decision and urged the school to change course. 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