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Catholic high schools may close during picket

A number of Catholic high schools in New York City and Westchester may be forced to close today after about 300 teachers vowed to picket over a contract dispute, a teacher's union spokesman said Monday.

The Lay Faculty Association said the strike is expected to last from today through the U.S. visit of Pope Benedict XVI, which begins Friday and ends Sunday, union spokesman Henry Kielkucki...

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