(RNS) — At the end of February, the US State Department canceled some 10,000 programs that fed, sheltered and cared for people around the world. (RNS) — President Donald Trump and his DOGE hitman, ...

Lenten fish fries are a staple for Catholics. But they also reflect the corporal work of mercy of feeding the hungry. In a suburb north of Houston, Chris and Michelle Nelli lead their four children in ...

Find today’s readings here. Pope Francis is a big proponent of the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. These acts of service are especially appropriate during Lent, when many people commit to ...

In a talk in Boston in 1979, Marie Augusta Neal, S.N.D.deN., said that the whole of Catholic social teaching can be summed up in a quote from St. John the Baptist: “Whoever has two tunics should share ...

It’s easy to feel pressure to pick the “right” New Year’s resolutions. So, this year, rather than trying to produce my own process, I’m using a time-tested, Church-backed rubric to inspire my ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Thursday proposed that caring for the environment be added to the traditional seven works of mercy that Christians are called to perform, taking his green agenda to a ...

Visiting prisoners is one of the Catholic Church’s corporal works of mercy originating with Jesus’ words in the Gospel of Matthew: “I was in prison and you visited me.” All visitors to the 2024 Venice ...

The head of the National Council of Churches urged Christians on Tuesday evening to take seriously their calling to be prophetic voices in our time, even if it means facing persecution. The Rev.

The Stateline Works of Mercy is marking its first anniversary of operations in September. The mission, located in the Annex of the United Church of Beloit, came about after two years of planning, when ...