The psalmist this Sunday speaks of a better day when truth and justice will reign. India is seeking truth and justice in the aftermath of a 60-hour siege by Muslim extremists that left 172 dead in Mumbai. ...

This Sunday's readings are filled with a message of anticipation and hope for better days to come. President-elect Barack Obama is trying to stir similar feelings in a populace wearied with war and battered by economic downturn. ...

This Sunday's gospel evokes the Book of Isaiah with images of a messenger and a voice "crying out in the desert." This week the heads of the big three Detroit automakers once again travel to Washington-by car instead of private jet this time-as messengers of economic gloom and doom. ...

Sunday's first reading speaks of good news and reward. Anti-government demonstrators in Thailand received good news Tuesday and felt rewarded for their efforts during the last week when a court dissolved Thailand's top three ruling parties ...

As we await new heavens and a new earth, this Sunday's second reading counsels that we "be eager to be found without spot or blemish" on our records. High school students apparently aren't getting that message. ...

"They were liberation songs. You're walking down life's road, society's foot is on your throat, every which way you turn you can't get from under that foot. And you reach a fork in the road and you can either lie down and die, or insist upon your life."

Americans are almost equally divided over whether the federal government should aid the largest three U.S. automakers: 47 percent support such a measure, while 49 percent do not.