"If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts," the psalmist this Sunday urges listeners. When it comes to hardening automobile emission and fuel efficiency standards, however, President Barack Obama believes it's a good idea, ...

Saint Paul's counsel to members of the early church in Corinth this Sunday is designed to help them adhere to the Lord "without distraction." Scientists studying how cells store memories in the brain may be on the verge of being able to help us complete many tasks without distraction. ...

This Sunday's gospel focuses on Jesus' power and authority as a teacher and the amazement it evoked from those who heard him teach. Proponents and opponents alike of the economic stimulus bill moving through Congress are expressing amazement at the scope of assistance it includes ...

"World Day for Consecrated Life" celebrated this year on the 8th is intended "to help the entire church to esteem ever more greatly" those in religious life, Pope John Paul II said at its inception in 1997. This week, however, controversy surrounding the reinstatement of an excommunicated religious leader may overshadow the celebration....

Moses struggled at times to lead the people of Israel who gathered in assemblies such as those described in this Sunday's first reading, but his problems pale in comparison to those of Iceland's political leaders. ...

Saint Paul’s wish for the Corinthians is that they be free of anxiety. President Obama may have wished for the same as he quietly ended the ban this past Friday on federal funding for international groups that perform ...

"I would rather buildings and things were destroyed than human lives."

The military has more band members than the U.S. State Department has diplomats, and the 6,600 people in the foreign service roughly equal the number of personnel aboard a single U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group at sea.