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A Catholic private school in Massachusetts has been excommunicated by a local bishop after ignoring orders to remove pride and BLM flags.  

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

He says the facility - the only tuition-free private school in the region - cannot continue to call itself Catholic while flying in the face of key church teachings.  

The school, run by Principal Emily Kent is the only tuition-free private middle school in the region and serves about 60 students. 

It took McManus over a year to respond to the school flying the two flags in front of the campus, stating the two symbols represent specific agendas or ideologies [that] contradict Catholic social and moral teaching.'

While the objection to the pride flag is over rules regarding same sex marriage in Catholic teaching, McManus clarified that the opposition to Black Lives Matter is in terms of the controversial organization, not the phrase itself.