Crisis deepens for shaken Japan | Proposed budget cuts criticized for impact on the needy | High-stress Alzheimer’s care takes toll on loved ones | Protect the right to be left alone
“Our soul waits for the Lord, who is our help and our shield,” says the psalmist this Sunday. Millions of desperate Japanese still await assistance in the wake of . . .
The faithful are urged to “bear your share of hardship for the gospel” in this Sunday’s second reading. Americans strug-gling to find or keep jobs may be in for further hardship if a Republican plan . . .
On the second Sunday of Lent the gospel features God’s clear directive to the disciples who witnessed Jesus’ Transfigura-tion: “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” Increasingly, it is sons--and even more so daughters--who are caring for a beloved parent . . .
God promises to make Abram’s name great in this Sunday’s first reading, and indeed it came to pass for this great patriarch. But in the increasingly invasive electronic age we live in, many consumers long for a bit more anonymity . . .
“All we want is for America not to support the dictatorship in Bahrain.”
In 2010 venture capitalists invested $1.1 billion in start-up companies which track online behavior and send targeted advertising to consumers.