While the vast majority of Vermont students are eligible for the vouchers, which pay the full cost of up to two college classes, students who attend religious and other private schools are not.
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Michael J. O’Loughlin is national correspondent at America and author of Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear.
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Five years in, Americans’ love of Pope Francis remains strong
According to a new Pew Research Center poll, 84 percent of U.S. Catholics hold a “favorable” view of Pope Francis.
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Cardinal Kasper: Quit throwing around the word ‘heretic’
Cardinal Kasper rejected claims from some Catholics who accuse Pope Francis of undermining church teaching on marriage.
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Cardinal Wuerl urges parishes to implement ‘Amoris Laetitia’
“The rule to follow in all cases,” the reflection says of family ministry, “is the love and mercy of the Lord.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich: Listen to young people about guns
“The youth of our nation are shaming the adult world into action.”
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One key to understanding Pope Francis? His approach to judgment.
By adopting an attitude free of judging others, the pope argues, the world will be a more peaceful place.
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Cardinal Sarah: Receiving Communion in the hand part of a “diabolical attack” on the faith
Cardinal Sarah questions why Catholics stand—rather than kneel—and receive Communion in the hand.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
How the Catholic Church could help lead a gun control movement
If Catholic leaders seriously want to push gun control legislation, what might a concerted campaign look like?
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Firing of L.G.B.T. Catholic church workers raises hard (and new) questions
As same-sex marriage becomes more mainstream, the church holds the line on L.G.B.T. issues.
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Cardinal Cupich: Pope Francis’ family teaching is a paradigm shift in the church
Pope Francis has encouraged church leaders to accept “a healthy dose of self-criticism.”