In a very seventeenth-century-coded turn of events, the pope circulated a letter among the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops rebuking (though without naming) the vice president over his ...

There is a quiet pressure that shapes much of modern life, rarely acknowledged but relentlessly looming over us. It is the need to justify ourselves. We curate résumés, photos and social media content ...

A mural outside St. Jude Thaddeus Church in Silao, Mexico, quotes the Good Samaritan story: ‘Go and do likewise.’ Enrique López-Tamayo Biosca/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY The Bible story of the ...

Most everyone has heard the story of the Good Samaritan during some point in their life. If asked to recount the story, nearly everyone would say something like “Someone’s hurt on the side of the road ...

The parable of the good Samaritan ends differently without the innkeeper. Arguably, without the innkeeper, the parable falls apart and the good deed falls short. The Samaritan, after all, is no ...