Jeanie Hannaman

By Kelly Marcum, Catholic Exchange - St. John Bosco, the 19th century Italian priest, made a life out of taking in the world’s abandoned boys and giving them a home and an education. Foregoing the popular corporal punishments and more strict catechesis of his time, John Bosco chose a different route. Within his apostolate, St. John Bosco surrounded them in a culture of joy that encouraged virtue rather than merely punishing sin, though he did not shy away from correcting his pupils’ moral flaws.

By Claire Giangravé, RNS - Cardinal Angelo Becciu, among the accused in the Vatican financial trial, missed Tuesday’s court proceedings amid talk about his relationship with an adviser... Vatican prosecutors issued new indictments Tuesday (Jan. 25) against four individuals involved in a financial scandal over the Roman Catholic Church’s money-losing investment in a London real estate deal, further expanding the number of defendants in what is already being referred to as the Vatican “megatrial.”