A text for everyone The parable of the Good Samaritan (cf. Luke 10:25-37) could be called a story of one ordinary person speaking to another. Pope Francis’ encyclical Fratelli Tutti not surprisingly ...

The obvious lesson we can immediately gather from the parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10,25,37) is that we should have true empathy and compassion with everyone, irrespective of how those ...

The parable of the good Samaritan is so well known for its message of aiding the stranger that it has become a staple of political discourse.

Parable of the Good Samaritan In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus uses the example of the Jew and the Samaritan, who would not ordinarily have been friendly towards each other.

Pope Francis presents the good Samaritan as the prototype of the fraternity and social friendship that creates the “culture of encounter” and builds bridges of love among all.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan tells a lesson people often take at face value: the imperative to ensure that ethical conduct goes beyond biases. Several psychological experiments, however, have ...

In early interpretations the parable of the Good Samaritan was improperly used as invective against Jews, and that slant proceeded through the Holocaust during World War II and beyond.

On Sunday Pope Francis said the parable of the Good Samaritan isn’t just a nice passage to reflect on, but signifies a concrete choice we make in deciding how to live and treat those around us.

Faith and Values: What the Good Samaritan parable tells us about being good neighbors in wartime Mon., May 9, 2022 Walter Hesford, a guest columnist for FāVS News. (Courtesy of FāVS News) X ...

Most of us remember it as Jesus’ Parable of the Good Samaritan, in which he described what it means to be a good neighbor. But, surprisingly, he did not use the word “good” of either the ...