Closure of Catholic schools is ‘devastating’ (NPR) Catholic schools in urban neighborhoods, often seen as an attractive option by low income parents and families of color, are facing an unprecedented crisis as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the country, at least 100 urban Catholic schools will close in the fall as a result of declining tuition revenue, and school administrators say the number could double in the next two months…
Maryland’s oldest Catholic girls school holds its final graduation (The Washington Post) The final graduates of the Institute of Notre Dame wore matching masks along with their traditional white gowns and each held a dozen long-stemmed rose as they received their diplomas and sang their alma mater Sunday, bidding a bittersweet farewell to Maryland’s oldest Catholic girls school…
After seven years, fate of kidnapped priest still unknown (CNA) Seven years after his kidnapping in Syria, Fr. Paolo Dall’Oglio was remembered in Rome Wednesday for his love of the Syrian people and his dedication to peace and justice. Dall’Oglio was abducted from the city of Raqqa by Islamic State militants in July 2013. The Italian Jesuit priest had served in Syria for more than 30 years at the time of his kidnapping. It is unknown if he is still alive. There were unconfirmed reports of his execution in 2013…
NARAL endorses Joe Biden (CNA) The abortion-rights group NARAL has endorsed Joe Biden for president, just over a year after the group issued a scathing statement demanding he reverse his support for the Hyde Amendment…
Sister Helen Prejean deplores resumption of executions (Vatican News) Federal executions resume in the US as the Covid-19 pandemic lays bare serious structural inequalities of the American judicial system. Anti-death penalty activist, Sr Helen Prejean, reiterates it is time to end the suffering…
