Pope Francis apologized and begged forgiveness Friday for the “deplorable” abuses suffered by Indigenous Peoples in Canada’s residential schools, saying he was ashamed and indignant at all they had endured at the hands of Catholic educators.
A nurse at a middle school in Connecticut has reportedly been placed on leaveafter posting a comment on Facebook revealing that multiple young students at her public school were being treated as “non-binary,” most of them without the knowledge or permission of their parents.
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The Iowa House on March 29 voted to pass a bill that would require public schools in the state to publish their curriculum materials and library books online for parents to view, and give them the power to request that certain books be removed from classrooms.
Executives and producers at the Walt Disney Company said during a recent internal meeting that there will be a renewed effort to make leading characters...
A group of pro-life activists have discovered human fetal remains in a freezer at the University of Washington, leading to calls for institutions involved in such research on babies to face accountability.
