Jewish teachings give us plenty of guidance on how to treat animals. If you own animals, you are supposed to feed them before you feed yourself. It’s forbidden to eat the limb of a live animal. And ...

So far in this series of articles about learning and education, I've said almost nothing about teaching. That has been deliberate. In our culture we do too much teaching, or too much of what we call ...

Yet people assume Francis could talk with the animals because he was gifted and saintly. I wonder, on the other hand, if Francis was saintly as a resultof his love for and relationship with animals.

Can animals help students better manage their own feelings? The leader of one popular Florida field trip destination says yes. The Alaqua Animal Refuge, which stretches across 100 acres in Florida’s ...

(RNS) — On the feast of St. Francis this year (Oct. 4), Pope Francis released his latest apostolic exhortation, “Laudate Deum.” Many of us who work in applied Catholic moral theology were quite ...

Animals have always shared our planet, our homes, and sometimes even our emotions. While humans often see themselves as more intelligent beings, animals possess qualities that remind us of what truly ...

Little Nehemiah Turner cried when he left the animal rescue centre. The young boy from Florida had spent time reading aloud to Auggie, a rescue dog waiting for a new home. It proved a deeply emotional ...

On the feast of St. Francis this year (Oct. 4), Pope Francis released his latest apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum. Many of us who work in applied Catholic moral theology were quite interested to ...