The forces arrayed against the education of the girl-child are legion and formidable.

Properly defined, feminism is a philosophy that embraces basic rights for all human beings without exception.

Alice von Hildebrand is a Belgian-born Catholic philosopher who retired from the classroom in 1984 after teaching at Hunter College in New York City for 37 years In September 2013 Pope Francis awarded her a Dame Grand Cross of the Pontifical Order of St Gregory the Great on the occasion of her 90

When someone first asked me whether I heard that the American bishops were investigating the Girl Scouts, I thought he was pulling my leg.

There is a surefire cure for pride, however, and it is as simple as a reminder of some of the moments when we got things just a little wrong. Or a lot wrong.