Refusing to drop these two flags, a Catholic school in the United States was expelled from the church "teaching" by the church

According to a report by the Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on June 17, Robert McManus, the bishop of the Boston Catholic Diocese of Boston, announced that a school in central Massachusetts "may no longer think that he is Catholicism. "Acts", because the school refused to settle down the banner of "black people's life is also life" and "homosexual pride", which was hung on the campus last year.

Picture source: Catholic News Network (CNA)

Bishop McManas believes that these banners "reflect a specific political agenda and ideology, and conflict with the Catholic society and moral teachings." He issued an order on Thursday to punish the school named "Birth of Woolsta". According to reports, this is a tuition -free middle school with about 60 students.

The order prohibits this middle school from claiming to be Catholic schools and religious activities such as mass on campus.

It is reported that in a statement, the school stated that at the request of the students, the school began to hang the above flags in January 2021, and also pointed out that most of the students were sexual races.

This middle school also stated: "As a multicultural school, these flags represent the tolerance and respect for everyone. These flags just indicate that the school welcomes everyone. This tolerance values ​​are rooted in Catholic doctrine."

According to the school, when McManas discovered these flags in March this year, he asked the school to drop it. The school also said that later the month, a person with unknown identities took off these flags. Later, these flags were raised again.

It is reported that in May, the bishop threatened to punish the school in an open letter. In the letter, he claimed that the church he was in charge of "100%support 'black people's life is also the word", but accused "a one This slogan with a specific exercise with a wider range of agenda is using. "

The middle school stated that it would appeal to the decision of the bishop and continue to hang these flags at the same time.

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