Students use virtual reality to learn anatomy

The giggles of students in teacher Stacie Miller’s physiology class at Immaculate Heart High School were not triggered by a closer look at the skeletal system, but by virtual reality glasses that made it possible. Miller (left) is using Google Cardboard as a tool to enhance instruction and student interest.

Pope Francis Just Made An Immigrant From The Philippines A High Ranking Bishop

Continuing his efforts to diversify the Catholic church’s hierarchy, Pope Francis has appointed an Asian American to lead a diocese in the United States for the very first time.

Pope Francis appoints L.A. auxiliary to head Salt Lake City

Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Solis was listening to his brother priests during a morning deanery meeting in San Pedro when his cell phone began to vibrate. He ignored it. It went off again. And then again, but he didn’t answer.

He had another meeting later that afternoon, so he couldn’t join the others for lunch. He checked his phone and noticed that it was the papal nuncio — Archbishop Christophe Pierre — who had been calling. Bishop Solis called him back.

Church’s history of defending immigrants must continue

Many Americans seem to have forgotten that every single immigrant has a face and a story, and can’t be reduced to a statistic. They are our neighbors, family members, friends, co-workers, and fellow parishioners—and it’s our duty to put an end to the name-calling and to serve as their voice.