Vatican official says Notre Dame controversy shows need for dialogue on abortion

The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life said Tuesday the Church needs to maintain a dialogue with universities on the issue of abortion.Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro was responding to a question about controversy over the leadership appointment of a pro-abortion professor at the University of Notre Dame — and whether Catholic universities have a responsibility to uphold Church teaching on unborn life.Abortion “is not acceptable as a practice,” Pegoraro said during a Vatican press conference on Feb. 17.He added that…