(Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) Bishop Robert McManus argued in a decree that the flags contradict the Catholic faith. School officials refused to comply with his demands to remove the flags.

Bishop Robert McManus’ decree prohibiting Nativity School of Worcester from identifying as a “Catholic” school Thursday quickly gained national attention, which in turn attracted a whole new ...

Bishop Robert McManus said in a letter that the two symbols represent specific agendas or ideologies that contradict Catholic social and moral teaching. The Diocese Of Springfield Massachusetts ...

Two months later, the bishop warned the school that it would lose its Catholic label if it did not remove the displays. Nativity School isn’t the only educational institution to be stripped of ...

McManus, the bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, says the flags symbolize messages that don't align with Catholic teaching. A Catholic diocese outside of Boston has ordered a Jesuit middle school ...

A Massachusetts middle school can no longer be called Catholic after flying Gay Pride and Black Lives Matter flags at the school, the bishop of the Diocese of Worcester of the Catholic Church says.

A Massachusetts middle school is no longer allowed to describe itself as Catholic after it refused to take down Black Lives Matter and gay pride flags, the bishop of the Diocese of Worcester said.