When vandals cut down a beloved hilltop cross in Santa Rosa, California, Catholic students didn’t stand idly by. They helped put it back. According to the National Catholic Register, football players from Cardinal Newman High School helped carry a new 400-pound cross up the hill overlooking their school and the […]
As Catholic preschools fight for religious freedom before the U.S. Supreme Court, the publication Slate recently published a piece attacking Catholic schools in Colorado—comparing them to the extremist bigots in the Ku Klux Klan. The comparison is as offensive as it is misleading. In the 1920s, motivated by hatred for […]
Should schools be allowed to keep parents in the dark about what they’re teaching—or doing with—their children? On October 27, the U.S. Justice Department sued Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland, alleging that school officials secretly facilitated the “gender transitions” of students without parental knowledge or consent. The controversy […]
In a new document released October 22, the Vatican warned of the “crisis in the transmission of the Faith” from one generation to the next. This is the crisis that underlies all of the work of The Cardinal Newman Society — and, in our view, the crisis at the root […]
Responding to The Cardinal Newman Society’s request for guidance on “Pride Month” celebrations at Catholic schools and colleges, Fr. Colin J. Blatchford, Associate Director of Courage International, warned that such celebrations are not appropriate for Catholic institutions and cause “scandal.” The Cardinal Newman Society recently documented “Pride Month” events and […]
“Big Gay Bingo.” “Fruity Party.” “Pride Movie Night.” These are all events promoted this June by DePaul University—the largest Catholic college in America—as part of its “Pride Month” celebration. DePaul’s LGBTQIA+ Resource Center is sponsoring these and other “pride” events for students on campus. The Center offers students resources such […]
At least 19* Catholic colleges across the United States are hosting “lavender graduations” this spring — ceremonies separate from the main commencement intended to celebrate students who “identify” as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or otherwise under the LGBTQ+ umbrella. At a Catholic institution, such ceremonies raise serious concerns. “Lavender […]
Pope Benedict XVI warned of the “educational emergency” that leaves modern man ignorant of truth, without hope in Christ. For decades, most education in the U.S.—including much of Catholic education—has failed to provide young people the integral formation they deserve: practice in virtue and religion, cultivation of the mind […]
The canonizations of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati on September 7, 2025, are a beautiful reminder for Catholic families that youthful holiness is possible. This joyful occasion should also inspire all the faithful to dwell on the urgent need to foster holiness in young people today. Models […]
There are many expertly crafted reasons presented in After the Fall: Catholic Education Beyond the Common Core for why Common Core State Standards are insufficient for Catholic education. Among them are refutations of eight popular arguments used by proponents of the controversial standards to justify Common Core in Catholic schools. After the Fall was […]
