October 23, 2026

Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Catholic Social Teaching

Small grant makes big change for local parish

Santa Teresita Parish in El Mirage, Ariz., has doubled the number of students attending their English classes this...

Young adults discover God through Catholic Social Teaching

When Christ prayed to His Father in Scripture, He often went out into nature — withdrawing to a...

In a violent world, some find Gospel nonviolence a worthy alternative

Mary Jo Greil had it all, as they say, in the early 1990s, working in a successful career...

Catholic priest leads campaign against hostility toward poor in Brazil

Calling it a humanitarian crisis, a Catholic priest who works with the homeless in São Paulo has been...

U.N. reports significant rise in hunger in Latin America, Caribbean

A report released by several U.N. agencies warned that the number of those suffering from hunger in Latin...

How does this happen? Catholic leaders ask after migrants killed in crash

A tractor-trailer carrying more than 150 migrants crashed in Mexico's southern Chiapas state, claiming at least 53 lives...

With prayer and gifts, Nigerian nuns work to rescue women from sex trade

On a sunny afternoon, Sister Dorothy Okoli drove an unmarked Toyota Sienna from her convent to a hotel...

To fight child labor, eliminate poverty, give adults fair wages, pope says

Extreme poverty, the lack of employment that can support a family and desperation are the major drivers of...

Jesuit schools join faith-based voices on immigration, environment

With the U.S. Capitol at his back, Darian Benitez Sanchez Nov. 8 told the story of how his...