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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.
Politics & SocietyNews
Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
With numerous closures, Catholic schools are also victims of the pandemic, and school administrators are working on the challenges of keeping other schools open and operating.
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FaithShort Take
Luke Janicki
I am a gay teacher in a Catholic high school. And I see hope in the Archdiocese of Seattle.
Activists and supporters block the street outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Oct. 8, 2019, as it hears arguments in three major employment discrimination cases on whether federal civil rights law prohibiting workplace discrimination on the "basis of sex" covers gay and transgender employees. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyExplainer
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The short answer is: it is unlikely.