Private Massachusetts Catholic school is EXCOMMUNICATED by local bishop for refusing to remove BLM and Pride flags after being warned both represent ideologies that ‘contradict’ church teaching

The Nativity School of Worcester has been sanctioned by Robert J. McManus, the Bishop of the Diocese of Worcester, for their refusal to take flags down 

The school is the only tuition-free private middle school in the region and serves about 60 students 

McManus stated the two symbols represent specific agendas or ideologies [that] contradict Catholic social and moral teaching.’ 

McManus clarified that the opposition to Black Lives Matter is in terms of the controversial organization, not the phrase itself 

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