The data and facts are clear: If you care about working families and sound economic policy, SNAP is the program for you.

In "Amoris Laetitia" Pope Francis highlights another group on the margins: victims of domestic violence.

It is most fitting that this visit occurred as Christians begin Advent, the season of preparation for God entering into the chaos of humanity.

What Pope Francis cannot be accused of is cruelty or of using God’s mercy as a weapon.

On Friday June 5 Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Democrat of New York reintroduced her Military Justice Improvement Act as an amendment to FY16 National Defense Authorization Act calling for removing sexual assault cases from the chain of command All Americans especially Catholics should join her

In March 2010, I traveled to Bagaces, Costa Rica, for a weeklong service project with a dozen college students and a colleague. Volunteer programs, service learning and weeklong service trips are now commonplace on American college campuses. These programs offer students powerful opportunities to en

The Dignity of the Vulnerable By Meghan J. Clarke‘The dignity of the human person and the common good rank higher than the comfort of those who refuse to renounce their privileges” (No. 218). In a simple sentence, Pope Francis summarizes the bedrock of Catholic social doctrine: human dignity

quot The dignity of the human person and the common good rank higher than the comfort of those who refuse to renounce their privileges quot 218 In a simple sentence Pope Francis summarizes the bedrock of Catholic social doctrine human dignity the common good and the preferential option for t

Editor’s note: The historic interview with Pope Francis (Am. 9/30) has generated a great deal of dialogue in the church and in society at large. We asked several writers to offer their reactions to the pope’s words. Selections from these responses are printed below. The full versions of

From Meghan J. Clark: the pope's radical call to community