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The pandemic and resulting economic impact have dramatically reduced the number of parents who can afford to make tuition payments for the upcoming school year. Two weeks ago, I shared the sad news that 20 of our schools, already facing soaring deficits, would not be able to re-open this Fall due to steep declines in enrollment. Without assistance to our parents and children from the Federal government, many more of our Catholic schools may have to close permanently. These closures will harm thousands of students from our archdiocese, and across the nation.

As part of it's pastoral mission to promote ethical and responsible citizenship, the Church is a voice advocating for free, fair, and transparent elections throughout Africa. |  Como parte de su misión pastoral para promover una ciudadanía ética y responsable, la Iglesia es una voz que aboga por elecciones libres, justas y transparentes en toda África.

On this July, the fourth weekend, we do well to consider how yoked we have become – individually and as a nation – to arrangements, assumptions, actions and antagonisms that hinder and destabilize our historic challenge to “build a more perfect union.” In celebrating Independence Day, we do well to reflect upon the Declaration of Independence written in 1776: