For the first time in history, 150 homeless people had a festive meal, served by Italian journalists and their families, under the famous baroque Bernini’s colonnade in St. Peter’s Square.
Special guests at dinner under Bernini’s colonnade — the homeless
In race against snowfall, homeless people in Anchorage face tough time finding shelter
After the closure of the city’s only mass shelter, solutions are coming but in a race against snowfall for an estimated 1,000 to 3,000 homeless people in Anchorage, heavy snowstorms struck before shelter issues were solved.
Bishop Patrick Neary: The greatest gift we have ever received
As Christmas approaches, we give thanks that the Word became flesh and chose to pitch his tent among us human beings. The greatest gift we have ever received, Jesus Christ, dwells within us and comes to us at every Mass.
Florida immigration bill criminalizing transporting undocumented immigrants has religious liberty implications, faith leaders say
The Florida legislature is considering a package of wide-reaching immigration measures that would seek to curb illegal immigration in the state.
He has ‘changed our lives,’ say those in need about Francis, the ‘pope of the poor’
The shelter, funded by the papal almoner’s office, is staffed by volunteers from the Community of Sant’Egidio and was inaugurated in time for the World Day of the Poor 2019.
Papal almoner invites 2,000 poor to circus to ‘lift them up’
The prelate, whom the pope named a cardinal in 2018, regularly dines with homeless people in his Vatican apartment.
Minneapolis Catholic Worker community gets back to roots of Christian living
The Catholic Worker approach also emphasizes that “prayer and work are one and the same thing,”
Vatican newspaper launches new ‘street’ edition
The goal of the monthly newspaper is “to give a voice to those who are usually not heard: the poor, people wounded by life, those who are cast aside and excluded,” the Vatican said.