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Mitt Romney heads to Liberty University to woo evangelicals

By Jackie Kucinich / USA Today — May 11, 2012

(RNS) Mitt Romney, who struggled to gain the support of evangelicals during the primaries, will deliver a commencement address Saturday at Liberty University, one of the largest Christian universities in the country. By Jackie Kucinich.

Pro-Tutu petitions flood Gonzaga

By Tracy Simmons — April 23, 2012

(RNS) After nearly 700 people tried to push Gonzaga University to rescind its commencement speaker's invitation to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, supporters of the anti-apartheid hero responded with 11,000 signatures of their own. By Tracy Simmons.

Alumni don’t want Desmond Tutu to speak at Gonzaga

By Tracy Simmons — April 13, 2012

SPOKANE, Wash. (RNS) A group of alumni at Gonzaga University is pressing the school to rescind an invitation to Archbishop Desmond Tutu as commencement speaker, saying the anti-apartheid activist supports abortion and homosexuality. By Tracy Simmons.

Commencement wars heat up with Ted Kennedy’s widow

By David Gibson — April 2, 2012

(RNS) A small Catholic college in Massachusetts has been pressured by the local bishop into cancelling an invitation to Sen. Ted Kennedy's widow to deliver the school's commencement address because of her support of abortion rights and gay marriage. By David Gibson.

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