People of faith and goodwill need to take time to acknowledge the needs and suffering of those around them and be moved by ...

In the first of two programmes on the parables of Jesus, Sean Fletcher meets Christians inspired by one of his most famous ...

This year’s principal observance is set to take place in Chiclayo, Peru, where Leo previously served as bishop.

Find today’s readings here. Today’s Gospel reading is the parable of the Good Samaritan. Because the story and its message are so familiar, the word “Samaritan” has lost its sting for today’s audience ...

“Who is my neighbor?” is the provocative question posed to Jesus in the Gospel of Luke that leads into the parable of the good Samaritan, a parable for our times. The questioner is a self-righteous ...

The Bible teaches us to "love thy neighbor," yet this principle seems increasingly absent today. In fact, if more people loved their neighbors, would the term “Good Samaritan” even need to exist? Yet, ...

(The Conversation) — Philosophers have always wrestled with how love can be so morally important, yet so personal and even arbitrary. (The Conversation) — The Bible story of the Good Samaritan is more ...

(RNS) — ‘It is not enough to preach the values of compassion and respect,’ the vice president told a church crowd in Atlanta. ‘We must live them.’ That must apply to the Palestinian people. (RNS) — ...