In this Sunday's reading from the Book of Jeremiah, the exiled remnant of Israel is given hope that the Lord "will gather them from the ends of the world" so that "they shall return as an immense throng." While not predicting such a dramatic response, the Vatican Tuesday announced that disaffected Anglicans ...

The Lord guides the people of Israel "so that none shall stumble," we hear in this Sunday's first reading. It appears, however, that U.S. schoolchildren need a bit more guidance ...

Because of his own weakness, the high priest described in this Sunday's reading from the Letter to the Hebrews is able to deal patiently "with the ignorant and erring." Weaknesses in computer security and a lack of understanding on the part of computer users lead millions ...

Because of the great things the Lord has done, the psalmist tells us this Sunday, "Those that sow in tears shall reap rejoicing." In states that allow the medical use of marijuana, the plant's cultivators were among those rejoicing ...

In this Sunday's gospel Jesus grants blind Bartimaeus his sight. Using highly sophisticated instruments that peer deep into space, astronomers in recent years have sighted a number of planets ...

"You go in thinking that you're going to help somebody, and every time they end up helping you."

Public pension funds have lost $1 trillion in the recent economic downturn. Even if they grow by 8 percent for the next 15 years, they will have only half the funds needed to pay benefits.