The first reading this Sunday tells of great mourning in Jerusalem. As Gulf Coast residents mourn a way of life and a livelihood slipping away on the oil slick, state and federal officials increased the pressure on BP to do more to stop the gushing oil, . . .

The psalmist speaks of a thirst that is satisfied by the Lord as by “the riches of a banquet.” War-torn Afghanistan, one of the poorest nations on earth, is sitting on untold mineral riches that could eventually transform the country into one of the most important mining centers in the world, U.S. officials report.

In this Sunday’s gospel Jesus talks with his disciples about his impending suffering and death. On Tuesday, British Prime Minister David Cameron offered an extraordinary apology for the 1972 killing of 14 unarmed demonstrators . . .

Our unity in Christ is greater than what separates us, we are told in this Sunday’s reading from the Letter to the Galatians. Differences between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in the south of Kyrgyzstan erupted this past week, leaving nearly 190 dead.

"He's not insane; he's not psychotic; he's as normal as you and I. But his passion is to track down Osama bin Laden and to kill him."

In March the number of Americans receiving food stamps topped 40 million for the first time, a 21 percent increase from the previous year.