Legal Consequences for CINO Universities

Catholic In Name Only (CINO) universities may soon face civil, not merely ecclessiastical, consequences for their lack of a Catholic identity.  CWNews has the story and links:

After the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that a Catholic university’s fundamental purpose is secular, the Cardinal Newman Society warned that many Catholic institutions are risking their religious identity.

The NLRB ruled against Manhattan College in a case involving a bid to unionize the faculty. The NLRB ruled that the college is not exempt from regulations, despite its claim to be a Catholic institution, because “the purpose of the college is secular and not the ‘propagation of the faith.’”

Patrick Reilly, the president of the Cardinal Newman Society, warned that many American Catholic institutions of higher education may be subject to similar rulings because they have not guarded their Catholic identity...