Catholic News
- Federal court permits PA parochial school students to compete in interscholastic athletics (Aleteia)A federal district court ruled that the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association must permit parochial school students to compete in interscholastic sports. The association had barred parochial school students from participating on teams in their home school districts, even though it had permitted charter school students and homeschooled students to participate. “This is a huge relief […]
- Oakland diocese seeks to pull plug on bankruptcy (San Jose Mercury-News)The Diocese of Oakland sought to withdraw from bankruptcy proceedings it initiated after its $165-million offer to settle 350 abuse suits was not accepted. Stating that creditors have “bled [the diocese] dry,” an attorney for the diocese said that “the cost is too high, and the survivors in this Chapter 11 Case—and the 500,000+ faithful […]
- USCCB publishes guide to Islamophobia (USCCB)The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs has published “Islamophobia: A Guide for U.S. Catholics on Anti-Muslim Bigotry,” a 15-page text by Jordan Denari Duffner. The co-chairmen of the National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue—Auxiliary Bishop Elias Lorenzo, OSB, of Newark and Imam Kareem Irfan—commended the guide “to all Catholics, Muslims, and […]
- At least 64 dead in Islamist attack on Catholic parish in DR Congo (Aid to the Church in Need)Members of an Islamist rebel group, the Allied Democratic Forces, attacked a parish in North Kivu, a province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (map). At least 64 people were killed, many of them by beheading. “The victims were caught off guard at a mourning ceremony in the village of Ntoyo at around 9:00 […]