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 ...

As the U.S. prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has encouraged Catholics to participate ...

(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, ...

­This week we will focus on the next corporal works of mercy, “harbor the harborless” (shelter the homeless). The Vatican highlighted this particular work of mercy this year when the new “Gift of ...

Speaking to the plenary assembly of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on Friday, Pope Francis spoke of the prime importance of all the works of mercy, both corporal and spiritual. "We are ...

Pope Francis has suggested that Christians around the world add two new items to the traditional fourteen spiritual and corporal works of mercy in a push for “simple daily gestures” to combat ...

As Lent continues, we look at a third work of mercy: clothing the naked. In his address opening the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis reminds us of the importance of reaching out: “Let us open our ...

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 ...