N.Y. Archdiocese Cuts Funding To 10 Schools

by Margot Adler, NPR

Catholic schools across the country are in trouble. Changes in demographics, finances and religious life are part of the picture. Now the New York Archdiocese is telling 10 Catholic high schools that church funding will be a thing of the past. Local boards will fundraise, set budgets and tuition. Whether it will work is unclear, but other Catholic communities have done this with success.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, February 17, 2009