The sixth spiritual work of mercy highlights an act of charity that we too often neglect. In American society we tend to avoid, “comforting the afflicted,” and either try to solve the ...

This work of mercy is highly misunderstood and many of us do not know how to “admonish” in a Christian context. Providentially, Pope Francis has laid out for us a striking example this week ...

Collaged fan. Image provided by Alice Notley. Talking with Alice Notley, I was equally struck by her ferocious integrity—her insistence, for example, that we avoid discussing poetry in terms of a ...

Education is a spiritual work of mercy not because it imparts information, but because it helps another find meaning and learn to shine, Pope Francis told members of a Catholic group from Argentina.

Parishioners of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church have been saving up for a new church since 1960, and their dream is about to become a reality. A groundbreaking ceremony for the new church will ...

The House of Mercy is the first multi-functional social establishment of the Orthodox Church in the CIS. Its conception includes 13 projects directed at rendering spiritual, medical, and social help ...