Where their treasure is | Diocese fails to court justices | Italians are cross with crucifix ruling | Partisan politics leads to heated climate-bill debate | The weather outside is frightful
In this Sunday's gospel Jesus praises the poor widow for contributing her entire livelihood to the treasury. The largest corporations, by contrast, are hoarding cash at levels not seen in 40 years, cautious in the wake of the economic downturn.
Christ, the high priest in this Sunday's reading from the Letter to the Hebrews, "did not enter into a sanctuary made by hands." The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to enter into deliberations on an appeal filed by the Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport ...
Christ came to take away sin by his sacrifice on the cross, the Sunday reading from the Letter to the Hebrews tells us. In a decision that has angered many Italians, a European court Tuesday ruled that displaying crucifixes in the country's schools ...
Because of their pretentiousness, the scribes will receive "severe condemnation," Jesus warns in this Sunday's gospel. Republican senators who oppose climate-change legislation working its way through the U.S. Congress condemned it in the strongest way possible ...
Elijah promises the starving woman in this Sunday's reading from 1 Kings that the Lord will not let the jar of flour go empty or the jug of oil run dry until the day the Lord sends rain. Chinese meteorologists took matters into their own hands, easing a drought by seeding rainclouds with silver iodide.
Private, four-year college tuition and fees for the current academic year rose to an average of $26,273, up 4.4 percent from last year. The same in-state costs at public colleges increased 6.5 percent, to $7,020.