To improve the lives of Pakistanis, many of whom are desperately poor, the Archdiocese of Lahore has ramped up its educational and vocational training efforts.
Skills training, education ‘only way out of misery’ for Pakistan’s poor
Pope, Bono launch Scholas educational initiative
U2 frontman Bono, who joined the pope for the launch, said he had been a supporter of Scholas for the past four years and was “drawn to this idea of a ‘culture of encounter.'”
Award-winning nurse says Catholic faith influenced her work in Kenya
Tthe work of Anna Qabale Duba, 31, a Catholic mother of two and a professional nurse who won the inaugural Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award May 12.
Inside the Capitol: MCC supports bills upholding proper roles of parents, schools
As heated debates occur within school board meetings and state legislative hearings about the respective roles of parents and teachers in public education, the Minnesota Catholic Conference is supporting various legislative efforts to protect parental rights in education.
All Mexicans must work to build peace, bishops say
In a 10-page document released in late January and read in parishes, the Mexican bishops urged all people to become builders of peace.
Pour money into education, not weapons, wars, pope tells nations
Governments must pour more money into education and drastically reduce military spending for there to be genuine progress and peace in the world, Pope Francis said in his annual message for the World Day of Peace Jan. 1.
To foster inclusiveness, Nigerian nuns mainstream pupils with disabilities
Nigeria offers few schools for children with disabilities.
$20 million loan allows mission society’s investment to expand in Africa
A $20 million loan from the U.S. international development bank will allow a program started by the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States to expand social-impact investing in enterprises operated by the Catholic Church in Africa.