David Gibson, Catholic News Service

Catholic News Service A picture is worth a thousand words, or so they say. But for revealing what “mercy” truly entails, a picture may be...

Catholic News Service The Christian community's long tradition of providing hands-on care for the sick continues in today's complicated, ever-changing universe of medicine. It is...

Catholic News Service St. Augustine was a long way from his northern-Africa homeland when Milan’s Bishop Ambrose baptized him at dawn on Easter in the...

Catholic News Service Perspective matters. If I encounter a big problem or challenge, my perspective on the underlying issue at hand plays a key role in...

Catholic News Service What happens in a society when violent killings escalate to the point of becoming commonplace? Reports of killings that defy understanding occupy an...

Catholic News Service The human heart is a clear symbol in human language for love. To speak of giving one’s heart away, whether in pop...

Catholic News Service In the eyes of the 20th-century global Catholic community, a woman known everywhere simply as "Mother Teresa" was a living saint. Millions were...

Catholic News Service We know patient people when we see them. Yet patience is rather difficult to define in a precise way. After all, two...

Catholic News Service In the heat of the moment, with tempers flaring and family members shouting out every ill-chosen word, the power of forgiveness probably...