#School

Leo XIV to students: “be the ‘generation plus’”

The Pope opened the meeting with the students participating in the Jubilee for Education with an impromptu greeting to students…

Fourteen-year-old commits suicide in Latina. Alberto Pellai: “Paolo was fighting a daily battle. Schools must not turn a blind eye”

Paolo Mendico, 14, took his own life the night before school restarted after years of suffering bullying.  While investigations get…

Austria: Missio’s youth campaign, solidarity projects for the Global South. Schools and parishes involved

Spain: Catalonia, educational activities begin at the “Christian School Foundation”. 378 institutes welcome 245,000 students

Public education. Affinati: “Stricter behaviour grades are not educationally beneficial”

“It is unrealistic to expect to pass through the fire of our own making unscathed. However, stricter behavioural grading will…

Jubilee of Young People. Nicolò Govoni: “Believing is the most subversive act we can commit. Never stop doing it”

Nicolò Govoni, founder of Still I Rise, speaks to young people about the strength of fragility, the importance of friendship,…

Poland: bishops against the government. No to reducing religious education in schools. “Illegal act”

Austria: Paulovics (Bishops’ Conference of Austria), “let psychosocial support be provided to our religious schools as well”

Poland: Controversies over the resumption of religious education classes. The bishops’ appeal

Starting next year, the Polish government plans to reduce Catholic religious instruction in schools to one hour from the current…

Israel and Hamas. Father Faltas: “Peace begins in schools. Mindless adults are depriving children of their future”

Yesterday was the first day of school for the 12,000 students enrolled in the 18 schools of the Custody of…

Secondary school final exams. Affinati: “The first real exam for students. It is not the final goal that should be rewarded, but the achievement”

The Italian state exam for over 500,000 high school students begins on 19 June with the Italian essay. Is it…