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By Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- School choice initiatives are no longer atthe back of the class raising their hand and never getting called on. Today,they are taking a front seat in education circles, state assemblies and even Washingtonpolitics.Vouchers,tax credits and education savings accounts -- earning more state approval inrecent years and optimistically looking for more gains this year -- also havesome extra wind in their sails with President Donald J. Trump's campaign pledge toprovide a $20 billion voucher program and his pick of a school voucher advocateas his nominee for education secretary.Currently,27 states and the District of Columbia have some type of school choice measurein place and a number of states have legislation on the table for this year.Theonly federally funded voucher program is the D.C. Opportunity ScholarshipProgram, which provides scholarships to low-income children in Washington fortuition at participating private schools. This program is awaiti...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jamal Nasrallah, EPABy Dale GavlakAMMAN, Jordan (CNS) -- Promisedresettlement in the United States after escaping death and destruction in theirhomeland, many Syrian refugees are frustrated and angry over President DonaldTrump's executive action banning their entry to the U.S. until further notice. "We're frustrated. We weretold that we were accepted for resettlement in the U.S., and now everything isat a standstill," a Syrian refugee woman told Catholic News Service,wiping away tears as she surveyed her crumbling home in the Jordaniancapital."Neither the U.S. Embassynor the International Organization for Migration have responded to our repeatedtelephone calls about our status or what to expect in the future," saidthe mother of four young children, whose family fled to Jordan in 2013 aftertheir home was bombed. Rahma provided only her first name for fear of reprisal."If there is no longer anychance of being resettled in the U.S., then we would like to know whether w...
Ashley C. Ford felt driven to act by a sad fact of life in the nation's school cafeterias: Kids with unpaid lunch accounts are often embarrassed with a substitute meal of a cold cheese sandwich and a carton of milk....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey has been named a "special contributor" to CBS News' "60 Minutes."...
QUEBEC CITY (AP) -- The French Canadian university student charged with killing six Muslim men during evening prayers at a mosque was known for extreme nationalist views and his support of the French rightist party led by Marine Le Pen....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans delayed indefinitely planned Senate committee votes on President Donald Trump's picks to be Health and Treasury secretaries on Tuesday after Democrats boycotted the session and demanded more information on the two nominees' past financial behavior....
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- President Donald Trump's order temporarily banning refugees and immigrants from seven mostly Muslim countries is playing well in Trump Country, those places that propelled him to the White House....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday defended President Donald Trump's divisive executive order on refugees and immigration, arguing that while the rollout was bumpy, the policy is consistent with Republican principles....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an extraordinary public showdown, President Donald Trump fired the acting attorney general of the United States after she publicly questioned the constitutionality of his refugee and immigration ban and refused to defend it in court....
(Vatican Radio) If we keep our eyes constantly fixed on Jesus, we will discover with surprise that it is he who looks lovingly upon each of us. That was Pope Francis’ message on Tuesday at his morning Mass in the Casa Santa Marta.Listen to Devin Watkins' report: Jesus does not seek popularity, but is always among peopleThe author of Hebrews exhorts us to run in the faith "with perseverance, keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus." In the Gospel, Jesus looks at us and sees us. Pope Francis explained that he is close to us, he "is always in the crowd": “He didn’t walk around with guards to protect him, so that the people could not touch him. No, no! He stayed there and people surrounded him. And there were more people around every time Jesus went out. Statisticians might have been inclined to publish: ‘Rabbi Jesus’ popularity is falling’. But he sought something else: he sought people. And the people sought him. The people h...
