Nation Aug 27 What to know about the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis By R.J. Rico, Associated Press
Nation Aug 27 Updates: Minneapolis Catholic school shooting Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the shooter — armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol — approached the side of the church and shot through the windows toward the children sitting in the pews. By Associated Press
Nation Aug 27 Two children killed, 17 wounded during Mass in a Minneapolis Catholic school shooting A shooter opened fire with a rifle Wednesday through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 people in an act of violence the… By Steve Karnowski, Mark Vancleave, Associated Press
Politics Apr 29 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case on whether public money can go to Catholic charter school Chief Justice John Roberts appears to hold the key vote over whether the Supreme Court will allow the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school. By Mark Sherman, Associated Press
Nation Oct 19 Lawsuit accuses Catholic schools in New Orleans of discriminating against students with disabilities A new class-action lawsuit claims that the Archdiocese of New Orleans asks illegal questions about students’ disabilities on its schools’ application forms. By Roby Chavez
Apr 01 Pope apologizes to First Nations members for widespread abuse at residential schools By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press “For the deplorable conduct of those members of the Catholic Church, I ask forgiveness of the Lord,” Francis said during an audience with dozens of members of the Metis, Inuit and First Nations communities who came to Rome. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch 7:57 Struggling Catholic schools seek ways to set themselves apart By PBS News Hour Today only about 2 million American students attend Catholic school, down from 5 million in the 1960s, due to a variety of social and economic reasons. Thousands of schools have closed as church leaders and educators struggled to make the… Continue watching