Aaron Schrank

Aaron Schrank is an author at Religion News Service.

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Catholics split on proposed gay Boy Scouts change

By Aaron Schrank — May 16, 2013
(RNS) Roman Catholics, who are the third-largest sponsor of Boy Scout troops in the U.S., have remained quiet on a proposed policy change to allow gay Scouts. That may be because Catholics are as split as the general population on the question of homosexuality in the Boy Scouts of America.

Meet the ‘Catholic NRA’

By Aaron Schrank — April 10, 2013
(RNS) As the Senate prepares to take up gun control measures, Catholic bishops have urged new legislation in email blasts and Senate Judiciary Committee testimony. But among the Catholic faithful, there are many that oppose all gun control measures. Call them the NRA Catholics. By Aaron Schrank.

Dwindling Catholic schools see future in Latino students

By Aaron Schrank — February 28, 2013
LOS ANGELES (RNS) As the country’s fastest-growing population, Latinos now make up nearly 40 percent of all U.S. Catholics, but represent less than 14 percent of students at Catholic schools. Catholic leaders now tout Latino outreach as one answer to the schools’ problems.
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