In the “Making Poor People Pray” post, several readers wondered whether parents risk making their children feel resentful and humiliated by making them join in family prayers. Assuming that the ...

Are children born spiritual beings? The Rev. Rachel G. Hackenberg thinks so. "In 'Mary Poppins' - the book, not the movie - the babies know how to talk to animals. They don't understand why the older ...

What parents send their children off for the day without proper clothes, food and other supplies? All good parents ensure that their kids are physically cared for, but sending kids into the world ...

Praying is a central and vital part of religion. But how do you teach and explain prayer to children? Cheri Fuller, writing on churchleaders.com, says one way of explaining prayer to small children is ...

Sycamore Township’s Candy Marballi has used her remarkable talent for helping children to start them on the road to a spiritual awakening that will serve them for the rest of their lives. There are ...

During the month we dedicate to the holy Rosary, Oct. 13 marks the 96th anniversary of Our Lady’s appearances at Fatima, Portugal, to three children visionaries: Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco. The ...

Elaine Petry, director, Fine Arts Department at Perfecting Faith Church, Freeport: When I was a child in the late 1950s, prayer was common in our Southern proverbial "village" consisting of home, ...

Jamisha Harris prays with her children every day, but she felt they really needed it before the first day of school this year. The mother of four from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, gathered her children ...

Scores of Baltimore-area religious leaders held an interfaith prayer vigil for unaccompanied children who arrived in Maryland after fleeing violence in their home countries.Dozens of religious leaders ...