Scholas Occurrentes Archives

Pope stresses link between education, ecology for World Environment Day

Jun 6, 2020

“Education listens, or it doesn’t educate,” Pope Francis said. “If you don’t listen, you don’t educate. Education creates culture, or it doesn’t educate. Education teaches us to celebrate, or it doesn’t educate.”

By Inés San Martín

Vatican releases lineup for Christmas concert supporting the Amazon

Oct 11, 2019

Proceeds from a Christmas concert at the Vatican starring Lionel Richie, Bonnie Tyler and Susan Boyle will go to help protect the Amazon and support indigenous communities there.

By Catholic News Service

Education key to solving migration crisis, pope says

Dec 14, 2018

As the celebration of Christmas draws near, the plight of the Holy Family calls to mind the sufferings of the many men, women and children escaping war and persecution, Pope Francis said.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Pope’s foundation backs international effort to fight cyberbullying

Nov 8, 2018

Scholas Occurentes, a papal-backed organization, has joined forces with a local Italian foundation to establish a new global observatory for cyberbullying prevention dedicated to both raising awareness of the problem, and conducting research aimed at developing concrete proposals to end the phenomenon.

By Elise Harris

U2’s Bono calls Francis ‘sincere’ on abuse crisis, says ‘we have a crush on each other’

Sep 20, 2018

In a private meeting with Pope Francis Wednesday, U2’s Irish singing sensation Paul David Hewson, better known by his stage name, “Bono,” said he found the pontiff to be sincerely impacted by the ongoing clerical abuse crisis effecting the papacy.

By Elise Harris

Irish singer Bono calls pope ‘extraordinary man for extraordinary times’

Sep 19, 2018

Bono, the lead singer of the Irish band U2, said he told Pope Francis that in Ireland “it looks as though the abusers are being more protected than the victims. And you could see the pain in his face.”

By Cindy Wooden