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Our Lady Queen of Angels School in the East Harlem section of New York City is seen in this 2015 file photo. On July 9, the Archdiocese of New York announced that financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing it to close numerous Catholic schools. The East Harlem school is not among them. The Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y. also has announced school closures.
FaithNews
Catholic News Service
The schools will not reopen in the fall because of the financial fallout caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
John Flanery, president of Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools in Sioux City, Iowa, speaks to graduating seniors and their families June 27, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Jerry L Mennenga)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Nydia Salazar
Absent relief, more and more private schools will close, hurting local economies on the way.
Politics & SocietyNews
Kurt Jensen - Catholic News Service
Religious liberty advocates believe that the latest Supreme Court decision will finally banish the hated 19th-century Blaine Amendments for good.
Father Kenneth Zach, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church in Massapequa, N.Y., chats with third graders on Jan. 28 during his visit to the parish school. In a 5-4 ruling June 30, the Supreme Court said the exclusion of religious schools in Montana's state scholarship aid program violated the federal Constitution. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
FaithShort Take
Thomas G. Wenski
The Supreme Court decision is a major win for school choice advocates and the church’s efforts to serve poor and marginalized communities, writes Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Nicholas D. Sawicki
Could the ruling really mark the end of Blaine amendments?
People hold signs outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Jan. 22, 2020, ahead of oral arguments in a case from Montana on religious rights and school choice. The court is examining if states should give aid, in the form of tax credits, to private religious schools. (CNS photo/Sarah Silbiger, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
The court upheld a Montana scholarship program that allows state tax credits for private schooling.