“All people who come here injured or hurt do not leave here until they’re completely recovered. They have to leave here as persons who are free and with dignity,” says Rev. Pedro Pantoja, a 72-year-old Jesuit priest who founded Casa del Migrante shelter in Saltillo, Mexico. More →

October 16, 2015

According to Father Michael Doyle, crime and poverty in Camden, New Jersey are worse today than when he first arrived there 39 years ago. But through his church’s ministry of feeding, housing, and educating the poor, Father Doyle sees hope for what the FBI considers the most dangerous city in America. “We’re working against the odds, but I think God is on our side,” he says. More →

November 26, 2014

When there was violent unrest in Boston, members of the clergy learned to work both with the police and with potentially violent youth. They achieved much-publicized changes, but they also may have claimed success too soon. More →

September 12, 2014

According to Father Michael Doyle, crime and poverty in Camden, New Jersey are worse today than when he first arrived there 39 years ago. But through his church’s ministry of feeding, housing, and educating the poor, Father Doyle sees hope for what the FBI considers the most dangerous city in America. “We’re working against the odds, but I think God is on our side,” he says. More →

January 17, 2014

“I am convinced that the kids from the most challenging circumstances are also the grittiest, the most determined. and have the biggest capacity for compassion,” says buildOn’s founder Jim Ziolkowski. More →

August 16, 2013

In South Philadelphia, a funeral director who has buried many young gunshot victims tries to teach neighborhood teenagers the toll of death. More →

January 8, 2010

Father Greg Boyle is giving former gang members a chance at a better future. More →

September 10, 2004

Dorchester Temple Baptist Church is home to what is perhaps best known and most successful church-based program in the country fighting violence among inner-city youths. Through Boston’s Ten-Point Coalition, religious leaders and police are working together to make the area safer for all. More →

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