Cardinal Justin Rigali of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Amy Hill, Communications Director for the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) give a guided tour of www.pacatholic.org, the website of the PCC Institute for Public Policy.
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Pennsylvania will receive millions of dollars through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Under the governor’s proposed budget, some of these Stimulus dollars will be used to support a proposed 5.7% increase in the public school state subsidy. State government leaders say they are committed to adequate support for the programs that are an essential investment in our future.
Although funding for public schools is proposed to increase, deep cuts are proposed for the few education budget line items that benefit nonpublic school students. An 11.8% cut is proposed for textbooks, materials and equipment, and services to nonpublic schools.
PCC Executive Director, Dr. Robert J. O’Hara, sent the following letter to legislative leaders in the state House and Senate on June 29, 2009:
The parents of Catholic school students understand that tough economic times require all of …
The Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program is fully subscribed for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. According to the State Department of Community and Economic Development, businesses have submitted enough applications to use all of the …
During a recent meeting in San Antonio, TX, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops received an update from its Ad Hoc Committee on Defense of Marriage from its chairman, Loiusville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz (formerly …
With the status of marriage in America today, some wonder if we are going the wrong way when proposing a constitutional amendment to protect and maintain marriage as the union of one man and one …
Pennsylvania priest, neuroscientist, and ethicist Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk spoke recently with ZENIT, an international Catholic news agency. Father Pacholczyk, director of education for the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia, said that the truth of …
The REACH Foundation released a report that shows the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program saves state money.In the new study, The Fiscal Impact of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program, the author, Andrew T. …
Marriage is headline news these days. A debate about the nature, purpose and very definition of marriage is taking place nationwide and right here in Pennsylvania.
Speaking on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, expressed profound regret upon learning of the shooting death of abortion doctor …
Mike Clark, a Pittsburgh TV news anchor, and Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D., president of Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, have been named to the National Review Board for three-year terms beginning June 1. In addition, …
Have you ever stopped to think that everyone in the Church - - whether clergy, religious or lay - - is a family member? All of us come from families and are connected to our extended families. As sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, etc., we celebrate together and grieve together, we share time, energy and love. Our effect on one another is for a lifetime.
