School District Lifts Restrictions on Christian Student Groups

An Illinois school district has agreed to lift restrictions on Christian student groups called Good News Clubs. The Moline-Coal Valley School District will also pay more than $100,000 in legal fees. The school district previously denied the Christian student groups equal access t
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Rome has identified the problem. Has it stated the Gospel clearly enough?
The Vatican’s new document on transmitting the Christian faith begins with an admission that should unsettle more than Roman Catholics: putting children through the machinery of church life does not guarantee that believing Christians will emerge at the other end. Venite ad me, p