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The Amazing Catholic Art at Anti-Catholic Bob Jones University

Bob Jones University, a fundamentalist Protestant university in Greenville, South Carolina, is downright unfriendly toward...

January 2015

January 09, 2015

Obama’s Community College Plan: WHO Gets to Pay for It?

On Friday, January 9, President Obama introduced a new plan to open community colleges to...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

HarperCollins Takes Israel Off the Map in School Atlases (UPDATED)

Students attending English-speaking schools in the Muslim-majority Gulf region will learn geography from Atlases which...

November 2014

November 01, 2014

Obama Loses Stay-at-Home Moms’ Support (If He Ever Had It)

There's quite a brew erupting in social media over remarks by President Obama this week...

October 2014

October 01, 2014

Controversy at Marian High School: Firing of Pregnant Lesbian Teacher Sparks Protests

There's an important meeting happening today at Marian High School. Today Sister Mary Jane Herb,...

July 2014

July 27, 2014

At Ohio State, Test Alleges That Atheists Are Smarter Than Christians

Undergraduate students at Ohio State University should know that atheists are smarter than Christians. At least,...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Now North Carolina Students Have the Right to Pray, Just Like the Rest of Us!

This week, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed into law a bill which protects the...

June 01, 2014

Middle School Teacher Suspended for Teaching America’s Racist History

A middle school teacher in Monroe, Michigan has been suspended after showing a historical video...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

You Send Your Children to Catholic Schools to: (A) Become More Inclusive; or (B) Learn Church Teaching

Why do you send your children to Catholic schools? Is it to: (A) Learn tolerance...

April 2014

April 16, 2014

Pope Francis: “Children Need a Mother and a Father”

"We must reconfirm the rights of children to grow up in a family with a...

April 15, 2014

In Damascus, Catholic School Is Bombed

A sad report out of Syria: A nine-year-old child was killed, and 45 children and...

April 12, 2014

Lady Archer to Lead Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

A news item for those who would claim that the Catholic Church doesn't take full...

March 2014

March 20, 2014

School District Removes Non-Christian Preference from Teacher Contracts

The Ferndale School District, north of Detroit, has agreed to delete a clause in its...

February 2014

February 15, 2014

“Who’s the Daddy?” Romeo Teacher Apologizes for Class Assignment

Who's the Daddy? Possible answers: The cable guy, the mailman, the cab driver, the bartender,...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

Happiness! 20-Year-Old With Down Syndrome Learns He’s Been Accepted at Clemson

A few weeks ago Rion Holcombe, a 20-year-old man from Moore, South Carolina, learned that...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

A Happy Ending to USF “Priest=Toilet” Controversy

A few days ago, I told you the story of an anti-religious incident at the...

October 25, 2013

Priest = Toilet? Professor’s Crude Analogy Draws Fire from Catholics – UPDATED

A college professor holds up a picture showing a priest holding a crucifix on one...

August 2013

August 01, 2013

The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth: Heroes, Then and Now

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek. I saw this painting...

June 2013

June 22, 2013

Obama’s Education Quip in Northern Ireland: Sensationalized? Or Unabashedly Manipulative?

First of all, I want to say I’m sorry. Earlier this week, I published a...

June 17, 2013

Obama Calls for End to Catholic Education in Northern Ireland

Just two days after Archbishop Gerhard Müller, Vatican Prefect, speaking in Glasgow, Scotland, touted Catholic...

June 16, 2013

Bang Bang! Toy Guns and a Blunderbuss of Political Correctness (UPDATE: Obama Family Gunplay)

You know, boys and girls, when villains and bad guys enter schools (like Sandy Hook...

May 2013

May 04, 2013

At Carnegie Mellon, “Naked Pope” Tosses Condoms Into Crowd (UPDATED)

Costumed in papal vestments, naked from the waist down with a cross shaved into her...

April 2013

April 10, 2013

Santorum’s Speaking…. No, He’s Not… Yes, He Is!

The news was exciting: 2012 Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was going to speak to...

April 12, 2012

The Most Outrageous Things I’ve Heard Today

It’s one of those days when I’m scratching my head, wondering Just How Preposterous Can...

March 2012

March 26, 2012

Catholic Higher Education: Still Not Practicing What We Preach

Notre Dame is still struggling with its mission as Our Lady’s university. On August 15,...

March 01, 2012

Fighting Zombies for College Credit

Once upon a time, Zombies were fictional beasts—corpses brought back to life by mystical means,...