“You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves . . . .” the Lord reminds the people of Israel in this Sunday’s first reading. Federal judges on both coasts this month communicated a similar message . . .

The zealous Pharisees try to trap Jesus in this Sunday’s gospel with a question posed by a guardian of the law. The jury in the corruption trial of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens will decide . . .

“If you lend money to one of your poor neighbors among my people, you shall not act like an extortioner,” God warns the people in this Sunday’s reading from the Book of Exodus. Mortgage companies apparently . . .

In this Sunday’s second reading, Paul notes that the warm reception he received from the Thessalonians attracted positive attention throughout the early Christian world. For centuries, Europe’s convents and monasteries quietly provided hospitality . . .

“People are having to choose between gas, meals, and medication.”

In Africa alone 2,102,400 children become orphans every year, and on that continent a child becomes an AIDS orphan every 15 seconds. Every day around the world 5,760 children become orphans.