Besieged Libyans struggle for liberation | Unethical medical experiments that should have been scrubbed | Energy independence created in a test tube? | Don't blame Jews for Jesus’ death, says pope’s new book
Jesus warns his disciples that those who listen to his words but do not act on them will be like a fool who builds a house on sand only to see it collapse in complete ruin. As key cities in Libya are torn apart by violence, . . .
"Let me never be put to shame,” the psalmist implores of the Lord this Sunday. A shameful chapter of the nation’s history of medical research came to light this week . . .
In this Sunday’s reading from the Letter to the Romans, Saint Paul talks about how redemption comes to humanity through God’s saving grace. A Massachusetts biotechnology company promises to save the world from fossil fuel depletion . . .
In enjoining the people to follow the commandments of the Lord in this Sunday’s first reading, Moses sets before the Israelites "a blessing and a curse.” In the second volume of his Jesus of Nazareth, Pope Benedict XVI says Jesus’ death cannot be blamed on the Jewish people . . .
“One of the chants they’ve been saying is, ‘This is what religion looks like,’ as they’re out there at the state capitol chanting and protesting. . . . To them, this is faith-based action.”
The U.S. Transportation Department says consumer complaints against airlines rose 25 percent in 2010, to 10,985 from 8,821 in 2009.