The Italian bishops' conference are trying to find ways to provide needed care and programs for children and adolescents during the pandemic.

Due to the economic problems created by the pandemic, the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio has announced that it will assume the remaining tuition costs after scholarships and grants for the fall 2020 semester have been used. It will apply to all incoming full-time undergraduate students enrolled in on-campus programs.

On the recommendation of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, Pope Francis is postponing the upcoming World Meeting of Families as well as World Youth Day by a year because of coronavirus.

St. Ignatius invites us to discern spiritual meaning in everyday experience. I have found that such discoveries occur frequently on the basketball court.

We are talking about God, life, joys, sorrows, prayer and Jesus. The Holy Spirit comes and stays the whole time.

Mychael Schilmoeller was part of a delegation of young adults who accompanied their bishops on their “ad limina” visit to Rome to meet with Pope Francis.