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Despite concerns about government intrusion, Catholic schools will accede to law requiring 'Gay-Straight Alliance' clubs. Cardinal Collins of Toronto and Bishop Colli of Thunder Bay signed off on the deal. No resistance to the law is planned.

The Florida ACLU says separate schooling for boys and girls is in violation of federal and state law.

A proposed reform of Mexico's constitution has Protestants and secularists worried that Catholics will dominate public education.

In 2010, only one out of 400 Jewish schools in New York had conducted fingerprint checks on job applicants. The Jewish community has been rocked by allegations that a school teacher had downloaded hundreds of pornographic images of kids.

George Jewett was a pioneer, perhaps without knowing it, in 1890s Michigan. Resisting racism, he excelled on the playing field and life.

The visiting USCCB bishops are also looking to formulate a missal in Spanish for use in the US. The Vatican has recognized that the US is now the second-largest Spanish-speaking country.

Every institution, including the Catholic Church, has house rules. No one is forced to stay.

Two groups of Catholics affiliated with the Democratic Party asked Bishop McManus to reconsider.

Moving from place to place because of foreclosure, and homelessness, causes education gaps for children, as well as behavioral problems.

Research shows that high school football players average 650 hits each.

Vanderbilt University's Catholic student group had already been forced off campus. Now the prestigious institution wants the group to change its name.

A moral comedy wherein renewal and rebirth emerges from modern despair.