In Near East hospitality, when a traveler was welcomed into the home, the host offered them protection, sustenance and the ...

Sunday, May 5, is the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Mass readings: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4; 1 John 4:7-10; John 15:9-17. In today’s Gospel, Jesus cuts right through the modern ...

is the one who loves me. Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him” (Jn 14:21). Find today’s readings here. One ancient notion of friendship defined it ...

True disciples of Christ listen to and understand others, and they always speak the truth, even in the presence of those who are powerful, Pope Leo XIV said. However, Christian witness "is not to be ...