Habitat for Humanity St. Louis will begin building The Pope Francis House next month in the Tiffany Neighborhood in south St. Louis for a family currently living in substandard housing.

An anonymous donor sponsored The Pope Francis House with $60,000 gift, seeking to inspire the St. Louis community to raise at least $40,000 more for construction.

"We have started to reach out to different (Catholic) churches in the community, and St. Louis University is also taking a...

The simple definition of justice is: giving another their due (what belongs to them).

On a simple level that means if you borrow something from someone you have to give it back. On a deeper level it means giving each person the respect that is due to their human dignity. On the deepest level it means giving God our very selves -- heart and mind and soul and strength.

In speaking of the virtues, the Catholic philosopher Josef Pieper says that the Christian "is able to live with...

Treating patients in a Third World country is challenging when equipment is unavailable, outdated or malfunctioning. It helps when the right equipment seemingly appears miraculously.

Early on a volunteer medical brigade's mission trip to Honduras in 2014, Dr. Mario Castro, a pulmonologist at Washington University and leader of the brigade, saw an elderly man who was thought to have lung cancer and appeared to be dying. He had a cough, significant weakness and weight loss. A chest X-...

To celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life, religious communities in the archdiocese are opening their doors -- for young people discerning the call to religious life and for visitors to explore the religious orders living their charisms.

Next up are the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and the School Sisters of Notre Dame, both hosting events the weekend of March 7-8.

The Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help will have an open house Sunday, March 8,...