Q. A few years back. Pope Francis set up a commission to study the feasibility of permitting women to become permanent deacons. Has that commission made a recommendation to the pope, and where does the matter lie now? (Personally,...
VATICAN CITY -- Even while enjoying a summer break, people should not forget those who are suffering because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis said Aug. 16 after reciting the Angelus prayer with visitors in St. Peter's Square.
The pope's...
ASTON, Pa. — Neumann University is offering an online program for teachers of kindergarten through 12th grade as schools around the area prepare for the upcoming academic year in a variety of settings. The program, according to Neumann, will...
ASTON, Pa. — Sister Margaret St. Hugh Keenan, a professed Sister of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 69 years, died Aug. 13 at Assisi House. She was 90.
During her 30 years in ministry in the Diocese of Wilmington, Sister...
How might we put right education, which is being turned upside down?
Education is often envisioned as the three R's: reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic. Among other subjects it includes learning critical thinking and moral lessons. Plato saw it addressing the...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Just like schools, parish religious education programs have been forced to figure out how to provide instruction in the midst of a pandemic.
REThe Diocese of Nashville's Office of Faith Formation has issued a framework to help...
VATICAN CITY -- The Italian health ministry's liberalization of recommendations for using RU-486 to induce an abortion is a further sign that the government is moving away from its promise to help women and families facing an unplanned pregnancy,...
It seems as if there are two kinds of graduation narratives for what happens after young collegians toast each other with one last Natty Light or hard seltzer, flip their tassels and head out to take on the world.
The...
NAIROBI, Kenya -- In the collection baskets, priests in rural Kenya have been counting a dollar or two or even five, which congregations have been giving to boost the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a significant way, the parishioners...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A fifth lawsuit has accused retired Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany of alleged sexual abuse.
The lawsuit -- filed the week of Aug. 10 in the state Supreme Court in Albany on behalf of a 55-year-old...