Efforts to liberate Libya draw fire | Bringing G.E.’s tax-avoidance to light | The online face of depression | Obama pays respects to slain archbishop Romero
The rod and staff of the Lord gives the psalmist courage this Sunday. The Western air campaign against the forces of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has encouraged rebel fighters to continue efforts to oust him. Monday night President Barack Obama delivered a high-stakes speech . . .
Jesus restores the sight of a man born blind in this Sunday’s gospel, affirming in the longer version of the reading, “While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” A recent investigative report brings to light the fact that, despite total profits of $14.2 billion in 2010, General Electric (G.E.) managed to owe no U.S. taxes . . .
The reading from the Letter to the Ephesians this Sunday encourages us to “try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord” but to “take no part in . . . fruitless works.” Trying to please their popular peers on Facebook may be a fruitless task . . .
After being anointed by the prophet Samuel, David was filled with the spirit of the Lord, the first reading tells us Sunday. Slain Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who spoke out forcefully on behalf of the poor, is seen by many to have been a modern-day prophet filled with the Holy Spirit . . .
Twenty percent of active-duty troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and as much as 40 percent of National Guardsmen and reservists returning from those areas are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.