This Sunday’s reading from the Letter to the Hebrews opens with one of the most oft-quoted lines in all of scripture: “Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.” Two years after he campaigned on the promise to end the Iraq war . . .

This Sunday’s first reading speaks of the oaths and promises made at the first Passover, and of the faith the people of Israel placed in those oaths as they awaited their salvation and the punishment of their adversaries. Two of the longest-serving and highest-ranking Democrats . . .

“Where your treasure is, there also will your heart be,” Jesus says to his disciples in this Sunday’s gospel. When it comes to online activity, Americans increasingly treasure mobile communication devices and social networks . . .

The Lord “is our help and our shield,” proclaims the psalmist this Sunday, but a new study suggests young children need . . .

“We would betray our values . . . if we were to treat Muslims differently than anyone else. To cave to popular sentiment would be to hand a victory to the terrorists."

The United States has been at war for 47 of the 230 years of its existence, or around 20 percent of its history.