Pope Francis established the day in  2016 as a reminder that the poor are “at the heart of the Gospel.” Leo has shown that he is following the same path.

We are rightly celebrated for our world-class arts, our thriving economy and our glittering skyline. But in the ...

Many people who have insufficient health insurance seek health care from a network of safety net clinics: community health ...

Celebrating Mass for the Jubilee of the Poor on the Ninth World Day of the Poor, Pope Leo XIV urged Christians not to retreat ...

A former Obama staffer and employee of climate activist groups now regulates energy in the Trump administration.

Pope Leo XIV decried poverty on Sunday, urging world leaders and Catholics to reach out to marginalised people, as the Church ...

It would be nice if we could find the strength to replace vengeance with an effort to listen to those with whom we are in ...

The longest government shutdown in history has come to an end. One major pressure point in the 43-day congressional stalemate was the exhaustion of funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

The federal shutdown has ended, but critics warn that the decision to withhold SNAP benefits for millions of people set a ...

The Fordham Pope Francis Global Poverty Report, compiled by researchers at Fordham University's Graduate Program in ...

The American dream, as defined by historian James Truslow Adams in his 1931 bestseller “The Epic of America,” is the “dream of a better, richer and happier life for all ...

On the World Day of the Poor, we reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation Dilexi te, which focuses on the ...