Catholic education

Catholic educators need to take a lesson from public school battles

By Charles C. Camosy — August 31, 2023
(RNS) — The ‘wokeism’ crisis in public education is a historic opportunity for Catholic schools.

Artificial intelligence program poised to shake up Catholic education, doctrine

By Claire Giangravé — August 24, 2023
(RNS) — Magisterium AI uses artificial intelligence technology to provide information for users on everything relating to Catholic doctrine, teachings and Canon law.

‘Rosary beads? Yes. But crystals, no.’: Catholic school counselor loses her job

By Heather Greene — January 26, 2023
(RNS) — An employee who invited three Wiccan high priestesses to speak to marketing students did not believe that the crystals they handed out nor their religion would cause a stir.

Public funding of religious schools is coming. The first lesson is compromise.

By Thomas Reese — December 14, 2021
(RNS) — What religious schools need more than anything is something like the Pell Grants that are available to low-income college students.

Catholic schools in US hit by unprecedented enrollment drop

By David Crary — February 8, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — Amid the pandemic and economic stress, enrollment in Roman Catholic schools in the United States saw the largest single-year decline in at least five decades.

Closing doors: Small religious colleges struggle for survival

By Bobby Ross Jr. — November 20, 2017
(RNS) — St. Gregory’s Roman Catholic university in Oklahoma is just the latest small religious college to close in an increasingly difficult higher education marketplace.

Pope Benedict XVI wants Catholic colleges to ensure that faculty are faithful to church doctrine

By Alessandro Speciale — May 7, 2012

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI told U.S. bishops that Catholic colleges must ensure the doctrinal fidelity of their faculty, after some high-profile theologians teaching at Catholic universities have come under scrutiny from doctrinal watchdogs in the U.S. By Alessandro Speciale.

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