In his Jubilee general audience for the month of June, Pope Francis focused his speech on the works of mercy and how to put them into action. He also gave thanks for his recent visit to Armenia, and ...

Giving back to your community can be a deeply rewarding experience. About 100 teenagers learned that firsthand June 16-21 as part of Works of Mercy, a day camp for charitable outreach. Under the ...

On Thursday Pope Francis yet again showed his knack for surprises and his openness to "newness" by adding the care of creation to the traditional sets of both the corporal and spiritual works of mercy ...

For more than 50 years, St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Lancaster city has put teens’ time and energy over the summer to good use in its Works of Mercy program. This year, the teenagers are completing ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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, ...