For over a century, Boys Town has been serving at-risk youths, inspired by the founding vision of the Rev. Edward J. Flanagan.

A Sunday school class reveals how deeply all students have been affected by mass shooting incidents and constant “active shooter drills.”

By focusing on parental grief, “Mass” grounds us in human tragedy even as it touches on the political and social implications of the epidemic of school shootings in the United States.

On Spain’s Canary Islands, arrivals of unaccompanied migrants are on track to reach a historic high this year, and caring for the migrant youth has become politically contentious.

Pope Francis decided to hold a World Children’s Day to draw global attention to the plight and suffering of so many of the world’s 2.3 billion children from poverty, war and the effects of climate change.

While some children have been evacuated from conflict, more than 1.1 million children in Gaza and 3.7 million in Haiti have been left behind to face the rampaging adult world around them.