Notre Dame Preparatory High School's choir and alumni are bringing the world a little closer together, even when it remains far apart. On April 19, the school released a video that featured 92 singers -- 67 current students and 25 alumni and
Last week, lawyers for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty participated in arguments before the Supreme Court in two cases challenging the principle of “ministerial exemption,” which gives churches the autonomy to make personnel decisions. In an essay for Our Sunday Visitor,
Catholic leaders expressed deep reservations about a new $3 trillion tax cut and spending bill in response to the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic that would restrict support for Catholic school students. Unveiled May 12 by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
- In oral arguments May 11, the Supreme Court examined, and seemed divided about, laws governing church and state in its look at two California Catholic schoolteacher firings where the teachers claimed they had been victims of job discrimination. The phrase of
Catholic schools in the U.S. are busy trying to avert fiscal calamity by turning to government emergency support, online appeals and campus virtual tours to prop up next year's enrollment. The emerging scale of the COVID-19 health crisis and its widespread economic
President Donald Trump said he would continue to support issues vital to the Catholic Church, especially abortion, religious freedom and school choice, in a conference call with Catholic leaders and educators. He also said he would seek federal financial support for Catholic
The National Catholic Educational Association is offering its annual conference to participants for free this year with the goal of giving Catholic educators the tools they need to thrive during and after the coronavirus pandemic. One Catholic administrator in Indianapolis said that
While the coronavirus pandemic has proven challenging for schools and parents in educating children, it is also a chance for Catholic schools to confront those challenges with courage, said the Congregation for Catholic Education. "This crisis can become an opportunity for Catholic
The Supreme Court, much like the rest of the country, is putting some of its work on hold amid the restrictions of the COVID-19 health crisis. The court, which had already postponed oral arguments from mid-March to mid-April, announced April 3 that
As businesses, schools and other institutions across the United States were shuttered to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus in mid-March, Catholic schools took on an extra challenge: finding ways to keep their students and staff not just learning, but connected