Education

The Boston affiliate of Planned Parenthood has endorsed Boston College’s choice of Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny as the 2013 commencement speaker. Kenny has supported legislation to loosen Ireland’s abortion restrictions – legislation that has been condemned by Ireland’s bishops.…

Here we go again!
In recent years two major Catholic universities, Notre Dame and Georgetown have honored pro-choice politicians at their Commencement Exercises, President Barack Obama and Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, respectively. Although the bishops of…

Indiana has become the first state to retreat from the Common Core standards, as Governor Mike Pence has just signed a bill suspending their implementation.
A great deal has been written and spoken about Common Core, but it is worth…

With the process to elect a new pope now underway, here are some facts to beef up your knowledge about one of the most important and intriguing institutions in the Church: the conclave.
 
1. The first conclave was held…

Parents Should Allow Kids to Fail

by Carolyn Moynihan February 6, 2013

A middle school teacher in the US makes a very good point in a piece in The Atlantic magazine about the importance of failures in a child’s life. Jessica Lahey recalls a case of plagiarism in which a student’s mother…

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New CUA Business School Rooted in Catholic Teaching

by Adam Wilson January 15, 2013

Editor’s Note: The following was originally published at Campus Notes, the blog for The Cardinal Newman Society.
The Catholic University of America announced today the creation of a new School of Business and Economics based on Catholic social doctrine and…

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Tom Monaghan Wins Against HHS Mandate

by Matthew Archbold January 7, 2013

A federal court in Michigan has reportedly ruled that the founder of Ave Maria University Tom Monaghan may exclude contraception from his employees’ insurance coverage in his personal property management company Domino’s Farms.
Still uncertain is whether Ave Maria, which…

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Who Burned the Witches

by Sandra Miesel January 4, 2013

Since the Enlightenment, rationalists have liked to cite witch burning as a prime example of medieval ignorance and religious (usually Catholic) bigotry run amok. (Leftists today still denounce it as a cynical plot by the strong against the weak.) Writing…

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A Win for Religious Liberty: Belmont Abbey Suit Reinstated!

by Matthew Archbold December 24, 2012

Today a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. handed Belmont Abbey College and Wheaton College — and all religious colleges — a major victory in their challenges to the HHS mandate. Earlier this year, two lower courts had dismissed the…

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Maine’s Only Catholic College Removes Cross from Brand

by Matthew Archbold December 17, 2012

The symbol of Saint Joseph’s College, the only Catholic college in Maine, has long been a seal with a cross on a shield with the motto “Fortitudo et Spes” meaning “Fortitude and Hope.” But the president of the college just…

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