National Catholic Reporter

Unlivable faculty wages put Catholic higher education in existential crisis

In 1955, Msgr. John Tracy Ellis, sometimes called the unofficial dean of American Catholic Church historians, famously accused American Catholic colleges and universities of second-class standards of ...
Crux

California bill called ‘existential threat’ to Catholic education

Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, Calif., is one of the institutions protesting a state bill that would limit religious exemptions for faith-based colleges and universities. (Credit: Thomas ...
America Magazine

A rabbi’s call for Pope Francis and Catholics to respond to ‘existential threat’ facing Jewish people

On Nov. 12, a group of five Jewish scholars, each deeply involved in Jewish/Christian dialogue, penned an open letter to Pope Francis and to the faithful of the Catholic Church. The letter quickly ...
National Catholic Reporter

Australian ambassador: Clergy abuse an 'existential threat' for Catholic Church

Decades of clergy sex abuse scandals are an "existential threat" to the Catholic Church and can only be remedied through transparency and prioritizing survivors, according to the outgoing Australian ...