Congregation for Catholic Education Archives

What the new year is set to look like at Rome’s pontifical universities

Aug 2, 2020

With online registrations open and classes scheduled to start in early October, many pontifical universities in Rome have been publishing their new safety protocols and procedures on their websites.

By Carol Glatz

The care in careful: Pontifical universities prepare for classes in COVID-era

Aug 2, 2020

When the Vatican issued norms that pontifical universities offer in-person classes on their campuses for the coming academic year, institutes in Rome spent the summer hammering out what changes and protocols would be needed to keep staff and students safe.

By Carol Glatz

Pontifical universities to reopen in the fall, but have backup plans

May 13, 2020

The Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education has asked pontifical universities and faculties to plan to reopen in the fall and teach with students present. The universities in Rome are making those preparations, but many of them also are devising backup plans in case the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

By Cindy Wooden

Catholic schools must face pandemic challenges, Vatican office says

Apr 8, 2020

While the coronavirus pandemic has proven challenging for schools and parents in educating children, it is also a chance for Catholic schools to confront those challenges with courage, said the Congregation for Catholic Education.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

New complaint filed against Indianapolis archdiocese in gay marriage case

Oct 26, 2019

An employee of the archdiocese of Indianapolis has filed a discrimination complaint against it over her support of two fired LGBT employees.

By Christopher White

U.S., English bishops welcome Vatican document on gender ideology

Jun 12, 2019

Catholic bishops in the U.S., England and Wales welcomed the Vatican’s statement that gender ideology is opposed to faith and reason, and that Catholic schools and parents must help teach children that gender is fixed from birth.

By Elizabeth Bachmann