My actual experience at CTU has been different from what I had expected. But, before I go any further, I would like to clarify two points: first, that while the academic dimension was time-consuming and demanded self-discipline, in general, the demands were not overwhelming.

Second, I am a strong advocate of academic freedom and I believe that the members of academic communities must have the right to breach intellectual barriers, to examine, discuss and debate in the search of truth.

The challenge came when I recognized that the content of what is actually taught at CTU is inconsistent with the teachings of the magisterium. I will use the terminology of ‘conservative’ thought to represent the magisterial teaching of the Catholic Church and ‘progressive’ thought to represent the teachings of CTU.

I see many of the ‘progressive’ concepts taught at CTU as being conceived by the union of emotion and ideology, clothed in weak philosophy and theology; with an attempt to legitimatize the birth with a rewriting of Church history and out-of-context interpretations of Church doctrine; producing a hastily-constructed birth certificate which resembles a kidnapper’s ransom note.

The worst part of this situation, is that the teachings of CTU are simply accepted, with blind trust, by most of the CTU students.

And this lack of respect which CTU show’s for the individual is demonstrated time and time, again. The primary concern at CTU is the promotion of its ideological agenda; the people in the classroom and the people in the pew are only tools to assist CTU in accomplishing its goals.

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