Helping people work their way out of poverty isn't just about money. It requires addressing the beliefs and culture around money that may be keeping people stuck both financially and emotionally.Like ...

Some influential commentators and political activists have begun to again argue that government should no longer provide essential social services to the needy, labeling such a practice an unnecessary ...

The United States remains the richest country in the world. Given that fact, we should be leading the world in helping those who are “poor,” in America and around the globe. And we have done so. That ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

American Catholics with leaders more focused on politics and culture wars have been comfortable ignoring church teachings on the importance of helping the poor and displaced. No more. The first ...

When I think of the poor the words of the savior to the rich young man come to my mind. The young man was trying keep all the commandments under the law of Moses and came to the savior asking what ...

LOGAN, Ohio – Before dawn, in a cold, blustery drizzle, a line forms outside a small, squat building on an open stretch of road on the outskirts of town. “My heater quit working in my car,” Scott ...

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The Hartford Archdiocese has put the popular priest at Holy Trinity Church in Hartford on administrative leave as it investigates what it calls alleged “possible financial improprieties.” The Rev.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...