Education

In Mirabelli v. Bonta, the Thomas More Society, a Catholic-run public interest law firm, is representing a class of public school parents and a class of public school teachers.

Pope Leo XIV declared Boys Town founder Father Edward Flanagan venerable, recognizing his heroic virtue and moving him one step closer to sainthood.

The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked California from enforcing policies that generally prohibit public school teachers from notifying parents about a student’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

In a nation fixated on affordability, a Catholic school K-12 education can easily become a contested line in the family budget. 

A federal appeals court will hear arguments in January about state laws in Texas and Louisiana requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms.

“More than one in ten responding ordinands (15%) reported being home schooled,” a 2025 CARA report said. Homeschooling families who spoke with OSV News agreed that homeschooling cultivates priestly vocations.

“On this Solemnity of All Saints, it is a great joy to include Saint John Henry Newman among the Doctors of the Church, and, at the same time, on the …

Celebrating Mass Nov. 1, the feast of All Saints, Pope Leo concluded the Jubilee of the World of Education and proclaimed St. John Henry Newman the 38th doctor of the …

“Sharing knowledge is not enough for teaching: love is needed,” Pope Leo said in an audience for the Jubilee of the World of Education.

Young people must take control of technology and “humanize” online spaces to be friendly, creative places — not isolated echo chambers, forms of addiction or ways to escape, Pope Leo …