The works of mercy are the practices that Christian disciples collectively engage to respond to the needs of others. Both the Beatitudes and the works of mercy are our pathways, one inner, one outer, to lead us into fellowship with the poor in spirit.

There is no bigger question for Catholics today than this: Why should anyone become or remain Catholic?

Five decades of vegetarian diet has changed me, for the better, I think: simpler, more natural, more connected to the smaller and larger life forms around me.

The intertwined stories of Jacques Maritain and 'Nostra Aetate' underscore the need for Christians, now more than ever, to repudiate and combat antisemitism.

Public events take place today in 2024 that are eerily comparable to situations in another critical year: 1968. But our current situation, like 1968, is a moment when our faith can make a difference in history and in our own memories.

The thought of the Canadian theologian Bernard Lonergan, S.J., can help us understand the church's latest pastoral field: digital mission.