Last month, Pope Francis hosted the inaugural Catholic World Children’s Day in Rome. The idea was born last summer after a 9-year-old boy made the suggestion to Pope Francis that children should have ...

A school that fosters children’s lives of faith as well as gives them a truly Catholic education is a blessing. Students kneel before the Blessed Sacrament at St. Agnes School in St. Paul, Minnesota. ...

If you ask the fifth-graders at St. Mary’s School, they’ll tell you that the luckiest kid in their class is the boy who sits next to my daughter Pia. When I first heard that, I was surprised. At home, ...

The Catholic Diocese of Columbus will allow children to get the confirmation sacrament at a younger age as the diocese Bishop tried to address young people leaving the church. The Catholic Diocese of ...

The Diocese of Columbus will lower the age of confirmation to fourth grade (ages 9 and 10). Bishop Earl Fernandes cited increasing secularization and challenges to faith as reasons for the change. The ...