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For years, conservative religious groups and Texas politicians have accused groups housing newly-arrived migrants of encouraging, and profiting from, illegal immigration.

Conservative religious groups and Texas politicians have accused groups housing migrants of encouraging, and profiting from, illegal immigration.

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If he believes that the Pope’s policies are misguided, a successor to the apostles has not just the right, but the obligation to speak out.

The push for school choice is gaining momentum, with seven states in 2023 alone enacting school-choice programs that are available to all students.

With a strong and growing base of families and parent groups pushing for change, school...

null / Credit: Cherries/Shutterstock Washington D.C., Mar 24, 2023 / 11:08 am (CNA). Catholic bishops in Texas are all-in advocating for parental school choice in the state Legislature this spring. “St. Paul VI spoke well of the Catholic C...

Null / Credit: Cherries/ShutterstockWashington D.C., Mar 24, 2023 / 11:08 am (CNA).Catholic bishops in Texas are all-in advocating for parental school choice in the state Legislature this spring. "St. Paul VI spoke well of the Catholic Churchs understanding of education. He said, Parents, who have the primary and inalienable right and duty to educate their children, must enjoy true liberty in their choice of schools. Therefore, parental choice continues to be a top priority of the Texa...

With the backing of the state’s Catholic bishops, school choice reform seems likely to happen in Texas.

Fort Worth, Texas, Feb 3, 2020 / 03:48 pm (CNA).- A Fort Worth diocesan priest who resigned his post and later attempted to rescind his resignation has dropped a lawsuit against Bishop Michael Olson and the Diocese of Fort Worth— a lawsuit which alleged that the bishop had defamed him by implying he is a threat to children. In June 2018, Olson asked Father Richard Kirkham, former pastor of St. Martin de Porres parish in Prosper, Texas, to resign his pastorate, because the priest did no...