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A teaching strategy used from kindergarten through grade 12 to help students understand comparison-contrast is a T-chart.  This simple device allows them to note what is similar and what is different when looking at two different concepts, events, places,...
WASHINGTON — Supreme Knight Carl Anderson urged the pro-life movement to remain committed to four foundational principles: justice, truth, democracy and compassion. “The first is our commitment to justice,” he said, adding that “since the day Moses returned from Mount...
VATICAN CITY — Abuses and violence against women are “acts of cowardice and a degradation of all humanity,” Pope Francis said. “We must not look the other way. Let us pray for women who are victims of violence, that they...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis said that unless there is a serious new wave of COVID-19 infections in Iraq, he has every intention of visiting the country in early March. Even if social distancing requirements mean most Iraqis will see...
VATICAN CITY  -- After a military coup and the detention of top government leaders in Myanmar, the auxiliary bishop of Yangon, the nation's largest city and former capital, called for prayers, caution and stocking up on provisions for the...
WASHINGTON -- This past year as the coronavirus cut through the United States, elderly women religious -- former teachers, nurses, social workers and pastoral care leaders -- were among those whose lives were cut short by COVID-19, the disease...
Cultivating the vineyard of the Lord includes cultivating the lives of those who toil in the vineyard. God's vineyard is the entire earth, and the "workers" in the vineyard are all of God's people, earning our daily bread as...
For people who prefer to keep their job and their faith separate, the Catholic Church poses a massive challenge. Catholic teaching simply does not see it that way. This isn't about being a vocal believer at work, but about...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis announced the establishment of a World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly as a reminder of the important role they play as a link between generations. During his Sunday Angelus address Jan. 31, the pope...
WILMINGTON — Salesianum opened its dual meet against Smyrna with five consecutive wins, three of those coming on pins, and never looked back in a 52-18 wrestling victory on Jan. 30. Overall, the Sals had six falls and two...