The psalmist promises the Lord will come to “rule the earth with justice.” The United Nations plays an important role in arbitrating disputes and promoting justice around the world, and on Monday President Barack Obama backed India . . .

This Sunday’s first reading and psalm reveal justice to be a central concern of the Lord. The longstanding conflict between Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East raises many complex questions . . .

In an age of billion-dollar corporate bankruptcies and catastrophic foreclosures, the apocalypse which Jesus describes this Sunday as a time of cataclysmic events might appear at times to be upon us. But while Jesus warned . . .

This Sunday’s psalm is replete with images of the natural world rejoicing in God’s justice—a resounding sea, applauding rivers, and mountains that shout for joy. Hearkening back to a bucolic boyhood . . .

This Sunday, we hear from the prophet Malachi that the day is coming when “evildoers will be stubble” and the “sun of justice” will arise “with its healing rays.” A former hostage . . .

“Jerusalem is not a settlement; Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel.”

Large corporations and business groups gave 53 percent of their recent political donations to Democrats, up from 35 percent in the last mid-term election, in hopes of having a greater say in Obama administration regulatory initiatives like health-care reform.