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(OSV News) -- The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops has backed a set of bills in the state's Legislature that supporters maintain would give parents more say in their child's education, but critics argue would strip crucial funds from public schools. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has identified school choice as one of his top priorities for the state's current legislative session. 'Everything's bigger in Texas, including school choice,' Abbott wrote in a March 27 tweet. 'We believe in empower

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 Church's 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 Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops," Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth said in a video releas...

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 not report to authorities what appeared to the bishop to be a case of a priest abusing a vulnerable ad...