Opposition Notes: Cardinal Newman Society

The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) claims that its mission is �to help renew and strengthen Catholic identity in Catholic higher education,� but there are many clergy, staff at Catholic universities, students and laypeople who don�t recognize themselves in the organization�s vision of Catholic identity. Some, like the National Catholic Reporter, have pointed out the striking contrast between Cardinal Newman the man and the society that bears his name: �the most unhappily and inappropriately named society on the planet.�