Catholic schools in US hit by unprecedented enrollment drop

In this June 8, 2020 photo a portrait of St. John Paul II hangs beside a row of empty lockers in the main hallway of Quigley Catholic High School in Baden, Pa. On Monday Catholic education officials reported that enrollment in Roman Catholic schools in the United States dropped 6.4% from the previous academic year amid the pandemic and economic stresses — the largest single-year decline in at least five decades.

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