Reeling from a string of political reversals, Democrats needed words of encouragement such as those in the first reading this Sunday where Jeremiah hears the Lord tell him: “Be not crushed.” Hoping to regain momentum, it was time for President Barack Obama to “stand up and tell” the nation Wednesday ...

The psalmist this Sunday asks to be rescued and delivered so as to take refuge in the Lord, while the gospel speaks of a time when “severe famine spread over the entire land.” While the effort to find survivors in the rubble of Haiti’s earthquake winds down ...

Pope Benedict XVI took advantage of the World Day of Communications last Saturday to urge those in ministry to use all the multimedia tools at their disposal to preach the gospel. But just as Saint Paul warns in the reading from 1 Corinthians that communication without love is nothing more than “a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal,” ...

When Jesus began speaking in the synagogue, we learn in this Sunday’s gospel, “all spoke highly of him”—that is, before the people turned on him. Toyota Motor Corp., which until recently enjoyed a sterling reputation for reliability and safety, has seen its fortunes take a dramatic turn for the worse recently ...

“She had what I call a ‘bucket list,’ and that was the last thing on it.”

Article II, Section 3, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution authorizes the president to deliver information on the state of the union to Congress. From 1790 until 1934 the state of the union address was known as the “annual message.”