Celebrating Catholic Schools Week January 31 - February 6

• Pope John Paul II H.S. on Track for Fall Opening - (CST) Construction on the new Pope John Paul II High School in Upper Providence, Montgomery County, is 85 percent complete. But the biggest news is that the new students will be issued netbooks, or mini-laptop computers, when the school opens in September upon the consolidation of Pope Pius X High School in Pottstown and Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic High School in Norristown. >>more

• Pope Benedict Scores Victory in Britain - (NCRegister) Pope Benedict XVI has again shown just how necessary and effective it can be to speak out in the face of unjust legislation against the Church. The British government today backed down from pursuing parts of its Equality Bill, legislation which would have removed the Church’s right to refuse employing certain lay staff including, for instance, the right of a Catholic school to employ a Catholic as a head teacher. >>more

• Local Coverage of the March for Life - (CST) Hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates were joyfully clogging the streets and jamming the subway lines in Washington, D.C. for the 37th annual Rally and March for Life. Included were more than 90 busloads of people from parishes and schools in the Philadelphia area. >>more

• Cardinal Rigali Urges Catholics to Sign Declaration - (CST) Cardinal Justin Rigali is asking all Catholics of the Archdiocese to join him in signing the “Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience,” an unprecedented national document that unites the voices of Catholics with other Christians to give witness to the sanctity of human life in all stages and conditions; the dignity of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife; and the rights of conscience and religious liberty. >>more

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