The parts of the body, though many, are one, we hear in this Sunday's reading option from 1 Corinthians. Primary elections in several states this Tuesday demonstrated that the body politic is deeply divided.

"Peace be with you," Jesus says to his disciples in this Sunday's gospel option from John 20. Hopes were dashed Wednesday for a peaceful end to Thailand's . . .

The psalmist this Sunday prays that the Lord send the Spirit to "renew the face of the earth." The oil spill--5 million gallons and counting--that continues to spread across the Gulf of Mexico has many Louisiana Delta residents, . . .

The Sunday reading from the Acts of the Apostles speaks of the "tongues as of fire" that appeared to the disciples at the time of Pentecost. South Korea's foreign minister said Wednesday that a warship that had caught fire and sank . . .

Saint Paul proclaims to the church at Corinth that "we were all given to drink of one Spirit." Those who drink alcohol . . .

"I would not say that this announcement is the equivalent of seeing the face of God, but it might turn out to be the toe of God."

One in five U.S. men between the ages of 25 and 54 does not have a job. Most of the jobs these men held, economists say, will never return.