Abortion booster give speech to Cathoilics

I've made clear my feelings on the subject over at CBK.com, but my question here is a bit different: is there a mandate among Catholic parishoners that abortion, the intentional destruction of human life, is always and forever wrong? From Gerard V. Bradley over at NRO: 

Three hundred thousand Catholics have signed petitions criticizing the university. Over $8 million in donations has been withheld in protest. Local bishop John D’Arcy is boycotting the commencement. Scores of other bishops have spoken out against honoring Obama, because the president has (in Bishop D’Arcy’s words) “reaffirmed, and has now placed in public policy, his long-stated unwillingness to hold human life as sacred.” D’Arcy suggested that Notre Dame had chosen “prestige over truth.”

What surprises me about this that 300,000 people signed the petition, but there are millions of Catholics in America. In the age where signing a petition takes about 15 seconds online. What is creepy - very creepy - about this business is the honorary degree. Keep in mind we're discussing a politician who refuses to say what his stance is on abortion, because his stance would appall most thinking people. Recall it was State Sen. Obama who voted Present - not Yay, Not Nay - on the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, a bill that states if a child lives through an unsuccessful abortion, they cannot be murdered. As the stories of what happens to these children after they are born are too greusome to go into here, I'll leave it at that. I think 99.99999% of the public agrees that once a child has exited the womb and taken a breath of air, life has most certainly begun. 

One aspect of this story that I find intriguing that is off the radar is the fact this is an administration who wants to take away the right of doctors to not take part in medical abortions (the so-called "conscience clause). If this becomes law, that means that Catholic hospitals, who overwhelmingly serve the underprivileged, would either have to start performing abortions or shutter their doors. You want to honor people who believe in this obscenity with degrees, just because they don't look like the guys on the dollar bill and have a funny name? 

What a disgrace. The more I think about it, the more I think serious Catholics may want to start a new sect. I'm glad to see there is a serious divestment campaign underway. As I've said elsewhere, don't like Progressive, anti-human values the Left keeps beating over our heads? Quit sending your money to these institutions just for better parking and seats at games. It's pretty simple.