An assistant principal at a public elementary school in Connecticut is facing an investigation by state education officials after apparently being secretly recorded saying he'd prefer not to hire politically conservative staff, including Roman Catholics.
The Field Hospital: In Waterbury, Connecticut, six churches were combined into All Saints Parish, which has brought together the city's Latino Catholics and older parishioners of European heritage.
Simply Spirit: Too many bishops have adopted a corporate mentality that views parish communities as so many commercial franchises to be managed, rather than the living body of Christ.
NCR Today: Wassup on health care repeal/reform/react? Bishops in other lands, mix it up politically; Local churches involved with local issues; Two twenty-somethings take a train ride.