“Do you see permitting some non-Catholics and a few non-Christians as an inexcusable crime... or as a chance for evangelization?”
I object to the enrollment in Catholic schools of those who harbor anti-Christian sentiments like the Muslims have. I too attended a Catholic school together with Protestants and Mormons, but none of them had any animosity towards the Catholic faith.
You mention a chance for evangelization? Will you please do research on the percentage of Muslims who convert to Christianity? For your info, one of the hijackers on 9/11 attended a Christian school.
“I object to the enrollment in Catholic schools of those who harbor anti-Christian sentiments like the Muslims have.”
First, it’s probably a stretch to say that all Muslims harbor anti-Christian sentiments (at least, more anti-Christian than other non-Christians, in that to refuse to be a Christian is, in some way, inherently anti-Christian). For children sent to Catholic schools in the US (or at least to my alma mater), I’d be surprised if many were virulently anti-Christian.
Second, Jesus told us to love those who hate us and to pray for those who persecute us. I don’t mean to suggest that we should permit the enrollment of students who are inherently anti-Catholic to overwhelm our Catholic schools, but I can think of no better environment to work on an anti-Catholic Muslim than a good, solid Catholic school.
“Will you please do research on the percentage of Muslims who convert to Christianity?”
In that conversion from Islam in Islamic societies is usually a crime, I think it’d be hard to find any reliable statistics. One might not wish to admit to a pollster that one has converted if the penalty for conversion is beheading. However, I’ve heard anecdotes that suggest that the rate of Muslim conversion to Christianity is perhaps picking up, especially due to the intercession of our Lady, Mary.
“For your info, one of the hijackers on 9/11 attended a Christian school.”
That’s nice.
Hearing the Gospel is an offer of grace. It may be accepted or rejected.
But it is our duty to proclaim the Gospel so that folks may choose.
As long as a Catholic school does not change its environment with non-Catholic overenrollment, and as long as the folks who run and teach in the school keep their eyes on Jesus, it seems to me that one way to proclaim the Gospel is to accept limited numbers of non-Christians into Catholic schools.
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