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That’s because the court found that any religious school teacher who performs a religious function is beyond the reach of civil rights protections accorded to other workers.
Teachers at religious schools fear Supreme Court took away their civil rights
In the archdioceses of Chicago and New Orleans, top leaders are encouraging their schools to place a new emphasis on teaching about racial justice, as well as the history of Black Catholics.
Black Catholics’ history: Will US Catholic schools teach it?
Biden “often talks about the comfort and meaning that he’s drawn from faith,” said Buttigieg...
Biden’s bid touts faith, courts even religious conservatives
[A]nnounced that any land not inhabited by Christians was open to be “discovered” by Christian rulers...
Opinion: To fight racism, we need to confront religion’s racist past
Protesters on Friday toppled a Serra statue in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
California bishops say protesters ‘failed the test’ of history in toppling Junipero Serra statues
Most of the closures are occurring at the elementary level...
Amid pandemic, scores of US Catholic schools face closure
In Rome, the Via Crucis procession usually takes place late in the evening on Good Friday in the shadow of the Colosseum.
Pope Francis shines a light on prisoners during Good Friday’s unusual Via Crucis
The novel coronavirus pandemic strikes at the heart of human behavior...
A conversation with Father James Martin: ‘Why did God let this happen?’
