Here are some practical suggestions for the Corporal Works of Mercy: To feed the hungry: Avoid wasting food. Cut down on your intake. Your waistline will thank you. Avoid eating alone.

Crowdfunding’s Corporal Works of Mercy for Catholic ... I hope that one of those — or all of those — eight kids will remember that somebody helped them out when their dad died and their ...

The works of mercy, he said, are how Christians are to concretely carry out "the spirit of mercy," adding that they are important, and not merely a devotion. The Pope lamented how few Catholics ...

A brief history of the corporal works of mercy James F. Keenan, S.J. September 04, 2024 Three panels from "The Works of Mercy," by Master of Alkmaar, 1504 (Wikimedia Commons) ...

He enumerates a list of good deeds that forms the basis of the church’s corporal works of mercy (except for burying the dead, which comes from Tb 1:17).

Pope Francis has suggested that Christians around the world add two new items to the traditional fourteen spiritual and corporal works of mercy in a push for “simple daily gestures” to ...

Vatican City • Pope Francis on Thursday proposed that caring for the environment be added to the traditional seven works of mercy that Christians are called to perform, taking his green agenda ...

Pope Francis on Thursday proposed that caring for the environment be added to the traditional seven works of mercy that Christians are called to perform, taking his green agenda to a new level by ...