TOPSHOT - Demonstrators take part in a protest over a fuel price hike ordered by the government to secure an IMF loan, in Quito, on October 11, 2019. The Mexican government recently reached an ...

Elon Musk has left his position as head of the federal Department of Government Efficiency, voicing differences with President Trump over federal budget priorities as outlined in the latter’s “Big ...

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 ...

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 ...

Comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan isn’t convinced that taxing wealthy people more heavily will solve the problems facing ordinary Americans. During an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” last year ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In the first official document of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV placed the poor at the heart of the Catholic Church’s teaching, calling bishops around the world to take on the mantle ...

Pope Leo XIV shares a moment with a guest at lunch in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican on Nov. 16, the ninth World Day of the Poor. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez “Poverty challenges Christians, ...

During his homily and Angelus address, the Holy Father repeated his plea for Catholics to show their closeness to the poor through gestures of care infused with human warmth and tenderness. Pope ...