Because the day is holy to the Lord, Ezra informs the people in next Sunday’s first reading, they are to “eat rich foods and drink sweet drinks, and allot portions to those who had nothing prepared.” Troops, doctors, and aid workers flowed into Haiti this week even while victims of the quake that killed an estimated 200,000 people ...

The opening verses of Luke’s gospel this Sunday set out the intention to write a narrative of events just as they had been handed down by “those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning.” The largely Democratic and independent voters of Massachusetts handed down a stunning mandate on Tuesday when they elected Scott Brown ...

Saint Paul’s message to the church at Corinth is to unite just as the many parts of a body come together to form one. Conservative billionaire and now President-Elect of Chile Sebastian Pinera faces the challenge of uniting a country that is divided ideologically.

Jesus came to “proclaim liberty to captives,” we hear in this Sunday’s gospel. The man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981 has been released from prison in Turkey.

“This is a bet, to a certain degree, on where we think the Web is going.”

According to the Iowa Policy Project, 26 percent of U.S. workers have “nonstandard” jobs, meaning they’re temps, part-timers, freelancers, or independent contractors. Of those, 61 percent have no employer-sponsored health insurance.