USD Magazine, Fall 2001

ea his vis-ion for Catholic h-ig cation -in a clocument caTiea Ex Corde Ecclesiae - From the Hearl of the Church. While much of the clocument focuses on Catholic iclent-ity ancl mission -in eclucat-ion, -it also conta-ins a controvers-ial call for professors who teach Catholic theology to receive a mandatum, or manclate, from the Church. A~er much clebate ancl cliscuss-ion center-ing on acaclemic freeclom, bishops -in the Unitecl States this year released gu-iclel-ines for how Ex Corde Ecclesiae shoulcl be appl-iecl. Like many other Catholic colleges ancl un-i– vers-it-ies, USD now -is negotiating the uncharted territory of th-is new Church cl-irect-ive. To help unclerstancl the scope ancl purpose of Ex Corde Ecclesiae, Franc-is Lazarus, USD provost, ancl Monsignor Daniel Dillabough, USD v-ice pres-iclent of Mission ancl M-in-istry, prov-icle the-ir insights on th-is h-istor-ic document.

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