“Remove the Cross or Lose Your Job" - Teacher Ordered to Remove Crucifix

For 10 years, teacher Marisol Arroyo-Castro kept a small crucifix by her desk as a quiet reminder to pray and stay faithful. Then the school district called it “insubordination.”

This is more than one teacher’s story. It’s about the growing hostility toward faith in public life — and why the Cross is the center and icon of Christian life.