“What did you give up for Lent?” Catholic schoolchildren and family members often ask each other in this season traditionally associated with abstinence. Republicans this week presented their 2012 budget proposal asking Americans to accept serious cuts . . .

“I have promised, and I will do it,” the Lord announces to the people of Israel in the Book of Ezekiel. President Barack Obama intends to keep his job until 2016 and hopes voters will agree to let him. . . .

Out of the depths of despair the psalmist cries to the Lord this Sunday. Three recent studies on depression reveal new characteristics of the affliction suffered by tens of millions nationwide . . .

Jesus’ life would be at risk if he returned to the Jerusalem area to tend to the fallen Lazarus, his disciples warn him in this Sunday’s gospel. Similar fears for safety have led labor unions in the United States to oppose a free-trade agreement . . .

This Sunday the readings are filled with testimony of how God can restore life. A San Francisco Giants baseball fan who dedicated his life as a paramedic to saving those . . .

“It's a new melting pot. . . . This is the beginning of how our country will look.”

Earlier detection and better treatment mean more than 11.7 million Americans, more than one in 20 adults, have survived or are living with cancer, new statistics say.