New Georgetown University president Eduardo Peñalver: ‘I reject the Church’s teachings on homosexuality’
- ‘Every Catholic educator should vigorously oppose what this man embraced,’ Patrick Reilly of the Cardinal Newman Society told LifeSite. ‘Jesus told Peter to feed His sheep, but Georgetown is leading lambs to the slaughter.’
By Matt Lamb — Mon Oct 20, 2025 – 3:00 pm EDT
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — The incoming president of Georgetown University has said he repudiates the Catholic Church’s teachings on homosexuality. He also appeared to criticize the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.
The nominally Catholic, Jesuit university in Washington, D.C., recently announced its selection of Eduardo Peñalver as its new president, to start next year. Peñalver is currently the president of Seattle University, another Jesuit university.
“President Peñalver is an exceptional leader steeped in the Catholic and Jesuit tradition who brings a wealth of experience in higher education, a global mindset, a commitment to social justice and academic excellence, and a bold vision for Georgetown’s future,” the chair of the board stated. “We look forward to him joining our Georgetown community.”
Peñalver has previously said he thinks the Catholic Church erred in its teachings on homosexuality.
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Is it any wonder that the “Catholic” brand is in disarray?
Just read their new “litany”: “wealth of experience in higher education, a global mindset, a commitment to social justice and academic excellence, and a bold vision for Georgetown’s future”. It’s not a commitment to anything but secular values.
While he is free to think whatever he wants, as a leader of a “Catholic” institution of higher learning, he is not free to replace the age old centuries of learned wisdom. Among these are the natural laws of nature. Killing babies in the womb is a contra-survival and thus morally wrong. Homosexuality is contra-survival and again thus morally wrong. Euthanasia is contra-survival and again morally wrong.
Seems pretty obvious that by “leading” the flock astray, he corrupts what being “Catholic” means.
Like people say about the Democratic Party, “I didn’t leave it; it left me.” So too, for many, the “Catholic Church”, or whatever it purports to be now, has left me.
Dona Nobis Pacem
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