Love Your Neighbor

BY KEVIN T. DI CAMILLO Perhaps one of the biggest detriments to young men entering the monastic life is the lifelong commitment — that, plus the extremely long time it takes to become a monk. And, of course, the vows of poverty, chastity,…

And Then There Were None (ATTWN) — founded by Abby Johnson, a former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas — is providing those who work for abortion clinics with the opportunity to devote their careers to life.  Since the…

"Beauty,” said Fr. Michael Burbeck, “is like a love note from God.” It was the beauty of Renaissance sacred art that led him to God, the Catholic Church, and his ministry. Like many young students, he took a trip to Europe, envisioning a…

Thousands of people were displaced from their homes, often in low-income areas because of flooding and tornadoes in the Midwest earlier this year. They will need assistance for months as they work to put their lives back together. Society…

When Pope Francis talks about the poor, there is one element he insists upon repeatedly: Poor people, whether they are migrants, refugees, addicts, or the plain materially poor, are still simply people. People like you and me, like the pope…

Lisa Colagrossi, a local television news reporter and anchor in New York, worked when other people were sleeping. Typically she’d leave for work at 1:30 a.m. in order to arrive home by 2 p.m. just before her young two boys, Davis and Evan,…

In downtown Los Angeles sits a 50-block area known as Skid Row where unsheltered homeless live on sidewalks, under tarps, and in tents. A report last year by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found that Los Angeles had…

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction. (James 1:27)  Nazar sits in a crib in a bare room, smiling and laughing. Staffers gather around in amazement. They’ve…

The journey of the founding of Homeboy Industries began in 1986 when Fr. Gregory J. Boyle, SJ, was assigned to the poorest Catholic parish in the city of Los Angeles, Dolores Mission Church. It was located between two large public housing…

LAMP Catholic Ministries (Lay Apostolic Ministries with the Poor) was founded in 1981 to serve the spiritual needs of the materially poor, and that continues to be its purpose and main focus. The Bronx, New York-based organization currently…