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 ...

(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, ...

In preparation for the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis has repeatedly stressed the importance of the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. In the Bull of Indiction he wrote, “It is my burning ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is encouraging Catholics to participate in initiatives including a collective 250 Hours of Adoration and 250 Works of Mercy.

Mercy is active compassion. This concise definition from the Encyclopedia of Catholicism drives the Hebrew Scriptures where the title "Lord of Mercy" is often ascribed to God. In the Christian ...

At the conclusion of the cycle of catechesis dedicated to the works of mercy, Francis reminds people to pray for the living and for the dead. "Even today there are those who risk their lives to bury ...