unity

A close reading of the Last Supper account in John’s Gospel focuses on Jesus washing the feet of His apostles — an act of charity par excellence, connecting his impending sacrifice to service.

As the Catholic Church prepares to join Christians around the world in commemorating the 2026 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The theme chosen also reflects Pope Leo XIV’s hope of unified humanity in an increasingly individualistic world.

Nearly 200 young Catholics from Israel came together for the “Be Happy Youth Festival” to find common ground in their shared faith.

Pope Leo XIV shared a message encouraging unity at Italy’s annual Match of the Heart (“Partita del Cuore”) is organized by the national federation of Italian singers to raise money for a different cause each year.

The state or condition called “unity of life” isn’t a virtue in itself. It includes the determination to do the Father’s will, come what may.

The Synod on Synodality’s gathering in Rome is both modeling and providing an answer to the path to authentic unity for a deeply polarized church.

Bishop Neary shares the purpose of World Mission Sunday, and how it unites us all as missionaries to help build the Body of Christ through a shared mission of hope, goodness and compassion.

We Americans have made noteworthy progress in the areas of social justice. People of Color have since attained positions of authority unimagined in 1963. Still too many Americans, however, await the realization of the dream referenced in Dr. King’s speech.