Pope Benedict XIII issued the papal bull “In Apostolicae Dignitatis Solio recognizing the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, the De La Salle Brothers, or "Christian Brothers".
This is one of two Catholic religions orders dedicated to the education of children commonly known as the "Christian Brothers", which frankly causes a great deal of confusion. Both have an educational mission. Both have operated all over the globe, making this even more confusing, although the other organization is particularly associated with Ireland.
Catholicism became particularly associated with education in North America. This was in part because public schools in the United States were de facto protestant schools, as the United States is a protestant country. Catholic schools in many regions of the country came to be very good, and as a result they often were the private school of choice for many people in urban settings, irrespective of their religion. This is still the case in many places.
In certain regions, religious schools were the only option. This was the case, for example, in Quebec, where all education was afforded privately up until the "Quiet Revolution". It was and is the case in Ireland where the the early Irish republican government basically foisted education upon the Church.
My grandfather attended a Christian Brothers school as a very young man, given that he left school at age 13. He did not like it.
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