Pope Francis recently sent a message to the Pontifical Council for the Laity on a topic that doesn 39 t often reach the Vatican radar sports and coaches An excerpt The influence of an educator especially for young people depends more on what he is as a person and the way he lives than what he s

The great Russian chess player discusses Thomas More, America and human rights.

When we speak of Catholic schools, we often do so without making important distinctions.

A few years ago at the commencement ceremonies of the Jesuit high school where I teach and work a colleague of mine addressed the graduating class and closed with words -- a prayer really -- attributed to Sir Francis Drake I have not been able to verify whether Drake is in fact the author In t

Pope Benedict XVI has often sympathized with those at different places on the journey of faith including those who struggle to believe in God or don 39 t believe at all nbsp Two examples come to mind In his outstanding Introduction to Christianity then-Fr Ratzinger wrote powerfully of the forc

Speaking of the first Jesuit schools the Jesuit historian Fr John O 39 Malley once wrote One of the special features of the Jesuit schools was that they were open to students from every social class This was made possible by Ignatius rsquo s insistence that in some fashion or other the schools