All colleges face budget challenges, but Catholic schools must also contend with marketing to an increasingly secular applicant pool.

The most recent member of the current Conservative Party administration to be shown the door, Ms. Amber Rudd, was partly responsible for perpetuating an unpleasant and morally dubious policy that her predecessor in that office had introduced.

“They want to know who they’re talking to,” Father Forge said of police. “Well, we already issue our volunteers with ID cards, so we jumped on that.”

A group of representatives wants to force a vote on immigration reform in the House.

The episode is the latest in a years-long struggle for Catholic colleges to balance support for diverse student populations while adhering to church teaching.

For the first time London has achieved the sad distinction of exceeding New York City in homicides. Almost all the killings have been of young adults or juveniles by their peers.