In the first major teaching of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV turned his attention to the poor, calling on Christians worldwide to ...

In his first apostolic exhortation, Pope Leo XIV has taken up the call of Pope Francis for Christians to see in the poor the ...

“Love for the poor – whatever the form their poverty may take – is the evangelical hallmark of a Church faithful to the heart ...

I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think ...

This Sunday's readings call out rich people living well while ignoring the suffering of poor people around them. Jesus, who became the poorest of the poor in his passion, calls us to see himself in ...

BBEE enriches elites, failing to uplift South Africa’s poorest citizens.Race-based empowerment ignores real barriers: ...

COMMENTARY: The Second Vatican Council reminded the faithful that in serving the poor, the Church encounters Christ himself — ...

I began this article on the Paris to Los Angeles leg of a 24-hour trip home from Africa. I had just spent two-and-a-half ...

The global gap between the wealthy and the poor is growing, Oxfam says. People get on with their lives in a slum on the railway tracks as a commuter train goes past on Dec. 12, 2013 in Kolkata, India.

For decades, the story of southern Italy has been one of departure, of generations leaving the hills of Calabria and the ...