Lenten fish fries are a staple for Catholics. But they also reflect the corporal work of mercy of feeding the hungry. In a suburb north of Houston, Chris and Michelle Nelli lead their four children in ...

­This week we will focus on the next corporal works of mercy, “harbor the harborless” (shelter the homeless). The Vatican highlighted this particular work of mercy this year when the new “Gift of ...

Pope Francis has suggested that Christians around the world add two new items to the traditional fourteen spiritual and corporal works of mercy in a push for “simple daily gestures” to combat ...

As Lent continues, we look at a third work of mercy: clothing the naked. In his address opening the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis reminds us of the importance of reaching out: “Let us open our ...

The feeling can best be described as last-minute, Lenten panic. It typically hits in those final hours of Mardi Gras, when it dawns on me that I must soon settle on a Lenten sacrifice. And then, ...

At the conclusion of the cycle of catechesis dedicated to the works of mercy, Francis reminds people to pray for the living and for the dead. "Even today there are those who risk their lives to bury ...