The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a football coach from Washington State who sought to kneel and pray on the field after games.
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A prayer for the children and parents who live in fear of school shootings
One month after Uvalde, we are growing numb to gun violence. Even so, we must resolve to comfort the mourners, to beat guns into plowshares, and to say “never again” and mean it.
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Graduating from college? Some advice from 4 recent grads (and one not so recent)
So it’s time for you to graduate. Four young America editors and one Star Wars nerd have some advice for you.
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Report identifies abuses of Native American children in U.S. boarding schools, some run by Catholics
About 50 percent of the schools received support or involvement from religious institutions or organizations, according to the report.
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The church can help prevent sexual violence—by doing a better job teaching about sex
Far from encouraging sexual activity, the right kind of sex education can teach children that they have the agency to say “no.” Parishes and faith-based groups are ideal for delivering this message.
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Supreme Court appears to side with football coach over postgame prayers
The majority of Supreme Court justices seemed to side with a former high school football coach who said his postgame prayers on the field amounted to private speech.
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Want to save the liberal arts? Learn a few things from the business world.
Liberal arts universities face the twin crises of an enrollment decline and a perception of irrelevancy. They should abandon any squeamishness about using better marketing techniques.
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Teachers at Catholic schools should conform to church teaching, Vatican congregation says
But the Congregation for Catholic Education also said that administrators should not be too quick to dismiss employees who are not “totally” Catholic.
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Catholic philosopher Alice von Hildebrand didn’t need to proselytize to bring her students to God
Alice von Hildebrand was one of the heroes of faith in our time. We should cherish her memory.
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‘It isn’t Latin or Greek I’m teaching, but how to think’: Memories of a formative Jesuit educator
As a young teacher at Canisius High School in Buffalo, N.Y., John W. Donohue, S.J., worked with Thomas J. Jones, the senior member of the lay faculty: “From him I was to learn more about the practice of teaching than from any book or course in education.”