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Discusses the implications of the existence of parochial schools for the American Catholic Church. State aid issue facing parochial schools; Reasons why so many doubts exist within Catholicism over parochial schools and why there are so many divisions over aid to schools; Degree of tension which the parochial school has generated among Catholics; View of liberals regarding parochial schools; Claims by Father George Elford of the National Catholic Education Association that the parish school is consuming 40 to 65 percent of the parish's total income; View that parochial schools are hindrance rather than help to Catholicism.

The article provides world news briefs. A proposal before the federal government opens the debate as to whether or not federal funding can be given to church-related schools. Hostilities in Vietnam have temporarily stopped because of allegations that the U.S. has used poisonous gas to kill Viet Cong members. Adrian Fisher of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency has stated that the Soviet Union would gain little by testing small nuclear arms in secret.

Presents information related to the U.S. politics. Details about federal aid to parochial schools in the U.S.; Protection of government employees against campaign contributions for the party in power, through Hatch Act; Reference to the judgment made by the judge, Joseph S. Lord of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, on expenditures in Vietnam war; Others.

The article examines the sufficient interest in the funding of Catholic schools in Ontario. It mentions the case Landau v. Ontario Attorney General, wherein Ontario's Superior Court of Justice dismissed the attempt to challenge the public funding of the province's Catholic schools. It notes that the case raises the interesting question of who has an interest in the funding of Catholic schools sufficient to take a challenge to court under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The article presents the ways Brethren schools were able to avail government funding normally reserved for poor schools as adapted from the book "Behind the Exclusive Brethen," by Michael Bachelard.

The article discusses the history of the Blaine Amendment and anti-Catholicism in the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court has moved away from a strict separationist perspective on church and state and toward a greater accommodation of religion. In Agostini v. Felton (1997) and Mitchell v. Helms (2000), the majority of justices expanded possibilities for government aid to church-related schools. Then in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002), the court approved the Cleveland voucher program, which allows poor students to use public money to pay for private and parochial school tuition. As the University of Chicago law professor Philip Hamburger has demonstrated in his superb study, Separation of Church and State, James Gillespie Blaine's proposal directly challenged Catholic efforts for school funding while leaving nondenominational Protestantism securely entrenched in public education. It was designed to secure the presidential nomination for Blaine; he lost anyway. Iowa and Illinois, however, had already placed variants of the Blaine Amendment in their state constitutions, and Congress quickly mandated that all states admitted to the Union after 1876 must follow suit. Thirty-seven states have clauses modeled after the Blaine Amendment, and cases challenging such provisions are coming up in Michigan, South Dakota and elsewhere. A 19th-century concern has become a burning issue in 21st-century church-state jurisprudence. The question the U.S. Supreme Court will face is whether such provisions placed in state constitutions a century or more ago violate the religious liberty provided by the First Amendment.

Reports on the moral choices to be made by students, parents, and faculty of Landon School after Ten Landon boys got caught up in a cheating scandal as of October 2003. Annual tuition at Landon; Perfect score of the mathematics section of the Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT); Amount of investment in private elementary and secondary education to be ruined by poor results on the SAT.

Focuses on the chronological events from 1869 to 2002 related to public funding received by religiously affiliated schools in the U.S. Aid by state and districts for children to attend private schools; Use of public school buses to transport private and parochial school students; Provision for school children to attend secular private schools at state expense; Adoption of a voucher program for the Cleveland, Ohio district.

Focuses on the educational systems in Indianapolis, Indiana. List of colleges and universities; Degrees offered by universities; Tuition fees of the learning institutions. INSET: INSIDER INFORMATION..

Discusses the doctrinal shift that occurred in the area of aid to religious schools in the United States during the Supreme Court's completed term as of October 2000. Concurrence of justices on steps to avoid diversion of aid for religious purposes; Endorsement of religion or religious participation by government action; Acceptance of public money by religious institutions.

Discusses the litigation pertaining to voucher programs in January of 2000. Legal activity involving voucher plans; Legal justifications for voucher systems; Implications of voucher programs being upheld; Rationale to defend voucher plans that include parochial schools; How the United States Supreme Court may have the final word in determining whether voucher proposals should be widely accepted.

Offers a discussion about whether state support of Christianity in the United States will alienate Muslims from society. Risks of crossing the line of separation of church and state; Display of the Ten Commandments on a government monument; Teaching of the theory of intelligent design in public schools; Report that taxpayer funds will reimburse religious organizations for their aid to hurricane victims; Discussion of the religious identities of European societies; Discussion of the financial support given to Christian schools in Great Britain; Lack of publicly funded Muslim schools in European countries; Claim that the institutionalization of Christianity in Europe has played a role in the growth of Islamic fundamentalism.

The article focuses on the efforts of people in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio to bring innovative financial practices to these dioceses. It highlights the strategic plan, titled Lighting the Way: A Vision for Catholic School Education, released by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, the work-study program at the Cristo Rey Columbus High School, and the cost-based tuition/need-based assistance financial model used at Saint Brigid of Kildare Elementary School.

Presents a listing of financial aid information that is available from various Christian college throughout the United States. The importance of calling ahead to inquire about financial aid; How to apply for aid.

This article reports that the parochial-school system in the U.S. is swamped with pupils but short of teachers and money, and is showing alarming symptoms of potential collapse. Catholic schools currently enroll one of every nine American school children--up from one in 20 in 1900--for a total of more than 5.5 million. Merely to maintain this network of schools costs an estimated $1.5 billion a year. One solution to the problems besetting Catholic education, a solution currently being pressed by Catholics in an unprecedented campaign across the nation, is the use of state and federal funds for parochial schools.

The article discusses the funding of public schools in the United States. Financial support given to public schools where questioned by some critics basing their opinion on the quality of education provided by these public institutions though research on college performance of students shows that graduates from public schools performs as well as those who graduated from private institutions. Funding of nonpublic and independent schools also affect government's financial aid to public schools. Some states also allocate funds supporting secular studies and parochial school programs.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Problems raised in Ralph E. Lapp's article on radiation risks, published in the February 27, 1971 issue; Commentary on John Deedy's article "Should Catholic Schools Survive?" regarding financing of Catholic parish schools, published in the March 13, 1971 issue.

The article presents an analysis on the meeting between Pope Paul VI and Socialist Party chieftain, Pietro Nenni in Vatican City. According to Rome's neo-Fascist II Secolo the meeting should have taken place being dangerous and unnecessary concession to Communists and fellow travelers. It provides an overview on the issues continued by Nenni such as the long tradition of anticlericalism, Vatican's exemption from dividend taxes, and on state aid to parochial schools.

The article focuses on the political issue on President John F. Kennedy's 2.3 billion U.S.-dollar budget request for the construction of public schools the for the increase of teachers' salaries in the U.S. It mentions the dispute between the liberal and conservative parties regarding the said request. It also notes the response of the Catholic and Protestant church leaders and cites their move to obtain their share on the budget, for their parochial schools in the country.

The article deals with a scheme developed by a Roman Catholic parish in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England which combined a football pool and racing tip sheet. The scheme was developed by Fathers Timothy O'Connor and Desmond O'Dowd to raise 28,000 U.S. dollars for a new parochial school. The members of the Church Development Society of the parish have increased to more than 5,000 as of December 1951.

In the article, the author discusses the need for the U.S. federal and state governments to support Catholic schools affected by the Covid-19 pandemic to continue providing quality education to students. Topics include the schools that closed permanently due to the pandemic like the all-girls Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore, Maryland, the quality of education in Catholic schools, and her own experiences in studying at a Catholic school.

Focuses on the constitutional slow down over religious school vouchers in the United States. Tax credit for private school tuition; Government benefits aiding religion; Separation of church from state.

Reports that Catholic schools in the United States are adopting an approach in asking the parents of students who can afford, to pay more on their children's tuition fees. Reason behind the approach; Comments from Reverend Lawrence Mierenfeld of the Bishop Leibold Elementary School; Significance of the approach.

Focuses on the funding of private religious schools in Cleveland, Ohio, through the state's school voucher program. Court ruling against the program for violating the constitutional separation of church and state; History of the program; Religious nature of the private schools receiving public funds under the voucher program.

Reports on actions which affect school voucher programs in the United States. Focus of a court decision in Cleveland, Ohio, which ruled that the city's voucher program violates constitutional separation of church and state; Amount of the maximum voucher in Cleveland, which is not enough for nonsectarian private school tuition, but is more than enough for private Catholic school tuition; Impact of the verdict around the nation, especially if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds it.

The article focuses on the fight of the Providence-St. Mel High School in Chicago, Illinois for survival as the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago plans to remove the school's subsidy in June 1978. It explains how black Protestant Paul Adams managed the school since becoming principal in 1972. It says that the church cannot continue its annual subsidy of 150,000 dollars to the school because they are unwilling to subsidize education for students who are non-Catholics. However, the students are requesting John Cardinal Cody for reprieve while parents are trying to collect additional funds for the school's budget. Factory employee Kenneth Campbell asserts that the school serves as a barrier against juvenile delinquency and is worth fighting for.

The article reports on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on the plan of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller to disburse 33 million dollars for secular educational services of parochial schools. It says that the court declared his plan as unconstitutional and an excessive entanglement between religion and government. However, Rockefeller and Republican legislative leaders declares that they will help parochial schools possibly through state income tax deductions from student's parents.

The article discusses the issues surrounding the stance of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on the idea of federal aid for parochial schools in the U.S. Kennedy, the first Roman Catholic U.S. President, stressed that government assistance for private schools is prohibited by the Constitution. The comment resulted to a counterproposal from the National Catholic Welfare Conference led by five American cardinals plus eight bishops and archbishops.