As same-sex marriage becomes more mainstream, the church holds the line on L.G.B.T. issues.
Catholic Education
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Sisters from Minnesota Catholic schools play on separate Olympic teams
Hannah Brandt is a forward for the U.S. Olympic team. Marissa Brandt, who was adopted as a baby from South Korea, used her birth name, Park-Yoon Jung, for the Olympics and plays defense for the combined Koreas.
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Indiana bishop raises concerns about Notre Dame’s new contraceptive policy
“The Catholic Church clearly teaches that contraception is an immoral action that contradicts the truth of marital love.”
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Program develops leaders for Catholic schools in U.S. mission dioceses
Catholic Extension and Loyola Marymount University have teamed up to strengthen Catholic schools in some of the nation’s poorest communities.
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Pope Francis issues new education standards for future priests
A key motivation, Pope Francis said, was to find ways to respond positively to the call of the Second Vatican Council “to overcome this divorce between theology and pastoral care, between faith and life.”
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Infographic: Tuition trends and Catholic college facts
Half of all students at Catholic colleges identify as Catholic, and 62 percent of all students are women.
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Why churches should support community colleges
For minority, first-generation and low-income students community college can be a ticket to the middle class.
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With an eye toward tradition, young adult Catholics gather with Focus to talk evangelization
Focus is a nearly 20-year-old evangelization ministry started by a layperson who was frustrated that non-Catholic student groups seemed more successful in spreading the faith on college campuses.
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Catholic school founder among mudslides’ fatalities in California
“Roy’s life has been in service to his good, loving and ever-forgiving God,” said Michael Van Hecke, St. Augustine’s headmaster.
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Meghan Markle’s high school teachers remember her service and advocacy for women
Markle, recently engaged to Prince Harry, was a Kairos retreat leader and was close with her theology teacher, a former Catholic Worker.