The psalmist is able to turn to the Lord in time of trouble, but an alarming number of soldiers apparently feel they have nowhere to turn. The U.S. Army is investigating a steep jump in the number of suicides reported in January. ...

In this Sunday's reading from 1st Corinthians, Saint Paul mentions that he tries "to please everyone in every way." After his announcement late last week that he was creating a White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, President Barack Obama will have to walk a delicate line on the issue of church-state separation ...

While Jesus cautioned the cured leper to "tell no one anything" in this Sunday's gospel, manufacturers of digital book readers, such as Sony and Amazon.com, are anxious to tell everyone about their latest breakthroughs on the road to the paperless book. ...

In Moses' time, we learn in this Sunday's reading from the Book of Leviticus, lepers were instructed to cry out, "Unclean, unclean!" Catholics who may feel "unclean of spirit" are being offered a different option these days: plenary indulgences, ...

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Since the federal government's deposit of $165 billion into the country's eight largest banks in October, those banks have lost $418 billion in value, and as their stock prices plunged, taxpayers' preferred shares declined by $20 billion in value. Overall the stock market had its worst January in history.