In a very seventeenth-century-coded turn of events, the pope circulated a letter among the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops rebuking (though without naming) the vice president over his ...

(The Conversation) — Philosophers have always wrestled with how love can be so morally important, yet so personal and even arbitrary. (The Conversation) — The Bible story of the Good Samaritan is more ...

Most of us remember it as Jesus’ Parable of the Good Samaritan, in which he described what it means to be a good neighbor. But, surprisingly, he did not use the word “good” of either the Samaritan or ...

The parable of the good Samaritan is depicted in a stained-glass window at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, N.Y., on World Day of the Sick, Feb. 11, 2021. The observance, ...

Many of us remember the dramatic characters in Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan: the traveler who is beaten and left for dead, the priest and Levite who pass by, and the Samaritan who stops to ...

(RNS) — When we read the news about people in distress, Jesus is looking over our shoulders and asking what we are going to do for them. (RNS) — A scholar of the law tried to trip up Jesus by asking ...

“Who is my neighbor?” is the provocative question posed to Jesus in the Gospel of Luke that leads into the parable of the good Samaritan, a parable for our times. The questioner is a self-righteous ...

Sunday, July 13, is the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Psalm 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37 or Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37. One could ...

Salvation Army volunteers organize and distribute aid for the Kerrville community after deadly flooding in the Texas Hill Country. (Photo courtesy of the Salvation Army) (RNS) — A scholar of the law ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The Bible story of the Good Samaritan is more than a mainstay of Sunday school courses. “Good samaritan” is the catch-all way to describe a do-gooder – someone who stops to change ...