Charles "Dismas" Clark, S.J., made caring for prisoners his life's work—a ministry memorialized in 1961’s “The Hoodlum Priest."

“Sing Sing” sidesteps the trap of cheap melodrama that exploits the trials and trauma of incarcerated people.

The 12 women whose feet were washed by Pope Francis included women from Italy, Bulgaria, Nigeria, Ukraine, Russia, Peru, Venezuela and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

During my time as the assistant Catholic chaplain at a state prison, I learned how chaplains must model their ministry to those who are vulnerable in the same spirit as St. Veronica.

He said he told the pope, “I could spend all day here talking to you,” and Francis replied, “So could I!”

In this “Preach” episode, Sarah Hansman delivers a homily for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, and shares with host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., how her corporate experience prepared her to take risks and practice vulnerability in preaching.