Jesus asks us to be generous with the poor. It’s one of the foundations of his public ministry: caring for the poor himself and asking his disciples to do so.

We are invited, today, to listen—and as the psalmist today colorfully puts it, God has even done us the courtesy of digging out our ears so that we can hear.

Even in our relationships with family and friends, forgiveness can be hard to come by.

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati, the archbishop of Santiago, Chile, the Vatican announced on March 23.

A combination of a rapidly growing population, extreme poverty, unemployment and armed conflict push people to cross Nigeria’s porous borders in search of a better life.

As we come to grips with a national history of violence, greed and racialized privilege, this fable of noblesse oblige rings hollow.

Pope Francis has sent $50,000 each to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi to assist with initial emergency relief efforts.

In "Miracle Workers" Simon Rich balances the surreal with the mundane and anchors fantasy with practicality, providing the perfect stakes for dramatic and comedic tension.

The hit Amazon show asks: Can we really just be unapologetically ourselves?

A new series on History approaches Jesus and his followers as humans rather than as stained-glass icons.

Through prayer and acts of generosity, Catholics throughout the diocese of Omaha, Neb. are helping their neighbors and families deal with the historic floodwaters that have ravaged the state.

With divided government, the budget debate from now through the start of the fiscal year on Oct. 1, and perhaps later, may become contentious as congressional committee hearings shape how tax dollars are spent.

Waves of desperate families are trying to cross the border almost hourly and entering an overtaxed government detention system.

Kickstarter is one of a small but growing number of entities, known as “benefit corporations” or “public benefit corporations,” that are ushering in a new approach to business.

Lay Catholics are ready to lend their expertise, leadership and prayers to heal the wounds inflicted on children and the church by abusers and the leaders who failed to stop them.

Thank you, Father Martin, for articulating so eloquently the consistent ethic of life expressed by our Catholic social teaching.

Catholic social thought has much to teach us about how to balance our commitment to the common good with contemporary economic practices and structures.

That woman is in so many parishes, right there beneath the exit sign and almost out the door, singing while the roof gets ripped off and the sky falls.