Shawna Cooper Whitehead is not only the first woman to serve as president of Regis but the first Black woman to serve as president of a Jesuit college or university in the United States.
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Catholic school reopening in Gaza is a reminder that ‘hope is stronger than fear,’ bishop says
As children worldwide head back to classrooms this fall, students in Gaza are returning to a vastly different reality as the school at Holy Family Parish reopens for the first time since the start of Israel’s military campaign.
Posted inShort Take
A new tax credit helps kids at Catholic and public schools. Why aren’t more states using it?
For years, political leaders across the ideological spectrum have said that education policy should be “all about the kids.” A new tax credit gives them an opportunity to show it.
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Catholic priest’s new study Bible brings faith and science together for a doubting generation
When Jesuit Father Robert Spitzer realized a number of young Catholics were abandoning their faith in the name of science, he decided to do something about it: Create a new study Bible.
Posted inLast Take
When Catholic higher education meets A.I.: We can’t let new technology override moral wisdom
Catholic universities must redouble efforts to help students understand what it means to be truly human, and what qualities cannot be replaced by A.I.
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Meet the Catholic schools serving students with special needs
Because Catholic education should be available to all.
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Florida has no business explaining Catholic teaching on vaccines to the bishops
Even if you are sympathetic to Catholic parents who conscientiously object to mandatory vaccinations, do you really want to live in a country where public officials determine what counts as heresy for religious citizens?
Posted inThe Weekly Dispatch
Catholic schools and childhood vaccines: A showdown between Florida’s attorney general and bishops
A showdown over vaccines between Catholic school officials in Florida and the state’s attorney general this week revived debate over the morality and efficacy of vaccinations.
Posted inFaith and Reason
Something is wrong with the modern university. Catholic social teaching offers a solution.
A seemingly shared conviction these days is that universities exist to produce correct opinions rather than pursue truth. In this moment of crisis, I have found myself returning to Catholic social teaching for guidance.
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Can we keep education human in an A.I. age? Pope Leo is asking us to.
It is in considering the nature of education that Pope Leo has some of his strongest claims about the need to restrain A.I.