“The Catholic Church clearly teaches that contraception is an immoral action that contradicts the truth of marital love.”
Catholic Education
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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.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
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.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Why churches should support community colleges
For minority, first-generation and low-income students community college can be a ticket to the middle class.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
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.
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Royal engagement announcement brings attention to Catholic school
“We always tell our students to dream big but not necessarily about marrying a prince!”
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We need to stop treating Latinos as if they were new to Catholicism
This week’s guest is Hosffman Ospino, an associate professor of Hispanic ministry and religious education at Boston College. His latest piece is “10 ways Hispanics are redefining American Catholicism in the 21st century.” “We tend to think of Hispanics as newcomers,” says Dr. Ospino. Yet, “we need to keep in mind the long history of […]