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August 01, 2012

NYT: Catholic church and university in Peru fight over name

by William Neuman and Andrea Zarate
The New York Times

LIMA, Peru -- To its critics in the church, the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru is not deserving of its name. It has spurned the pontiff, they say. It is far from Roman Catholic orthodoxy, they argue. In their minds, the school ought to be called something else entirely.

''It's false advertising,'' said Fernan Altuve, a conservative legal expert who supports a recent order by the Vatican that the school change its name by eliminating references to the pope and the church. ''It's as if I sell you a bottle that says Coca-Cola but what's inside is Pepsi.''

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