Education

Green schools for children in Madagascar

The island country of Madagascar, off the southeastern coast of Africa, is deeply affected by the consequences of climate change. That’s why, the Diocese of Mananjary in the southeast, has decided to create 'green schools' with courses on education for the protection of our Common Home, placing a bet on the future of young Malagasies.

Greater public awareness needed to stem child slavery

Christoph Lehermayr of 'Missio Austria' says consumers’ awareness and behaviour in developed countries are the first steps in fighting the scourge of child slavery and labour that affects millions of children across the world. In an interview with Vatican News marking the International Day Against Child Slavery, Lehermayr speaks of the work carried out by Church organizations to free children from bonded labour.

Towards the World Meeting of Families: Trust in Providence

10th World Meeting of Families: 7 catecheses and 7 short films that tell stories of sorrow, rebirth and faith. Promoted by the Diocese of Rome and the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, the reflections and films aim to provide preparation for the great event that will be held in Rome from 22 to 26 June.

Amoris Laetitia: When Jesus dwells in the family

In 10 episodes — one each month — we bring you a video with the Pope’s reflections and first-hand testimonies of families from across the world on the theme of the family.

Amoris Laetitia: the Church accompanies fragile families

In 10 episodes — one each month — we bring you a video with the Pope’s reflections and first-hand testimonies of families from across the world on the theme of the family.

Amoris laetitia: Educating children to make courageous choices

Parents always influence the moral development of their children, for better or for worse. It follows that they should take up this essential role and carry it out consciously, enthusiastically, reasonably and appropriately.

Amoris laetitia: Church renews her vocation to nearness

In 10 episodes, one each month, we bring you a video with the Pope’s reflections and first-hand testimonies of families from across the world on the theme of the family.

Amoris laetitia: Adoption, a fruitful Christian choice

In 10 episodes, one each month, we bring you a video with the Pope’s reflections and first-hand testimonies of families from across the world on the theme of the family.

CCA’s Symposium on Family Life and Family Values urges churches to increase pastoral attention to all family members

“The pastoral dimension of reconciliation can be helped by strong kinship relations in the family. The respect among family members facilitates the process of restoring relationships. In a context where family life and values, nurtured traditionally for a harmonious life in families and society, are threatened due to the pressures of the modern era, churches in Asia must concentrate more in its pastoral ministry of giving more attention for all family members,” opined the participants of a three-day symposium organised by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA).

Amoris laetitia: Marriage as an icon of the love of God

In 10 episodes, one each month, we bring you a video with the Pope's reflections and first-hand testimonies of families from across the world on the theme of the family.

Amoris laetitia: marriage, a gift that overcomes every peril

In 10 episodes, one each month, we bring you a video with the Pope's reflections and first-hand testimonies of families from across the world on the theme of the family.

Amoris laetitia: Family brings light in the world

In 10 episodes, one each month, we bring you a video with the Pope's reflections and first-hand testimonies of families from across the world on the theme of the family.

Amoris laetitia, the family is the space where we walk together

In 10 episodes, one each month, we bring you a video with the Pope's reflections and first-hand testimonies of families from across the world on the theme of the family.

Buddhism's Solutions for Anger

Anger. Rage. Fury. Wrath. Whatever you call it, it happens to all of us, including <a href='https://www.learnreligions.com/what-do-buddhists-believe-449990'>Buddhists</a>. However much we value loving kindness, we Buddhists are still human beings, and sometimes we get angry.

India – Young women in legal trouble learn job skills

ANS – Ravulapalem) – Twenty-three young women who lived at the Salesian Surakshita Home, located in the town of Ravulapalem in Andhra Pradesh, India, were supported through funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Surakshita Home provides living facilities for young women who have been in legal trouble. There are dorms, bathrooms, a dining hall, a work room and a training hall.

A special year to bear witness to family love

The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life is proposing spiritual, pastoral and cultural initiatives to accompany families in the face of contemporary challenges.

Uttarkhand to Allow Kumbh Mela at Haridwar in January 2021

INDIA, November 23, 2020 (News Track): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Sunday, said Covid or no Covid, Kumbh Mela will be held in its divine form at Haridwar in 2021

The Indian School Where Students Pay for Lessons With Plastic Waste

Villagers once burned the toxic waste as fuel, but a pioneering couple’s radical education model uses it much more creatively

Pope Francis on training the next generation to be peacemakers

Per un sapere della pace (For Knowledge of Peace is a newly published book in Italian from the Vatican Publishing House. Pope Francis encourages collaboration between the Church and universities for a world without war and violence in the book's preface.

Safeguarding children online

Fr Hans Zollner explores online risks for children and offers tips for their online safety.

History of Valentine's day

The history of Valentine’s Day–and the story of its patron saint–is shrouded in mystery. We do know that February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and that St. Valentine’s Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition...

Gospel in pictures: Pentecost Sunday

The Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, is my soul's soul, the life of my life, the entity of my entity; it is my sanctifier, the guest in my deepest interior.

Gospel in pictures: Sunday 7th (C) Easter

' All you peoples, clap your hands; shout to God with joyful cries (...). God mounts the throne amid shouts of joy; the Lord, amid trumpet blasts. Sing praise to God, sing praise; sing praise to our king, sing praise'.

Gospel in pictures: Sunday 6th (C) Easter

Peace will only be achieved if we turn towards Jesus, as He gives us his peace as a fruit of his total love.

Gospel in pictures: Sunday 5th (C) Easter

'... love one another'. Jesus invites us to love one another. In our complex world, too. Complex because good and evil are being mixed and mingled together.

Gospel in pictures: Sunday 4th (C) Easter

He who consciously and repeatedly closes his ears to God's call, is no longer in tune with Jesus and will also lose the joy of being a Christian, to go grazing in other pastures that neither satiate nor give eternal life.

Gospel in pictures: Sunday 3rd (C) Easter

After the Easter events, the Apostles seemed to go back to their usual chores, as if they had forgotten the Master had transformed them into “fishers of men”. All the same, the appearance, at dawn, of the Lord completely overturned everything.

Gospel in pictures: Sunday 2nd (C) of Easter

... stretch out your hand and put it into my side. Resist no longer and be a believer'. Thomas then said, 'You are my Lord and my God'. Jesus replied, 'You believe because you see me, don't you? Happy are those who have not seen and believe'.

Gospel in pictures: Easter Sunday (Mass during the Day) (C)

The great sign the Gospel gives us today is that Jesus' tomb is empty. We have to look no more among the dead for He who is alive has risen.

Gospel in pictures: Palm Sunday (C)

Jesus enters Jerusalem as a messianic king, humble, peaceful, with a servant's attitude, not as temporal king using and abusing his power.