The Conciliar Sect’s Education Crisis: When Imitation of the World Replaces the Mission of Forming Saints
National Catholic Register portal reports that on June 10, 2026, at the plenary assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Orlando, Santiago Schnell, provost of Dartmouth College and former dean at the University of Notre Dame, delivered a pointed address urging the bishops to take a more assertive role in safeguarding Catholic identity at Catholic universities. Schnell argued that Catholic institutions have become “indifferent and indistinguishable” from their secular counterparts, driven by the pursuit of college rankings and a reduction of education to mere job training. He called on bishops to be “more vocal” and “more pushy,” reminding them that they “own the word ‘Catholic,'” and proposed a three-part framework for renewal focused on forming intellectual leaders, clarifying the bishops’ role, and strengthening campus culture. The presentation preceded a closed-door conversation among the bishops on the state of Catholic higher education, marking the 25th anniversary of the U.S. implementation of Ex Corde Ecclesiae.
