After Jesus' death it took the disciples on the road to Emmaus a while to recognize that the risen Lord was right in front of them. It took U.S. intelligence services many years to discover that Osama bin Laden was hiding not in a remote cave but in a prosperous Pakistani city . . .

The disciples on the road to Emmaus had many of their questions answered by their mysterious fellow traveler who turned out to be the risen Lord. Now that the mystery surrounding Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts has been laid to rest, questions of ethics and judgment . . .

In the first reading this Sunday from the Acts of the Apostles, Saint Peter reminds the people that Jesus was commended to them by God “with mighty deeds, wonders, and signs.” In recent decades medical science has accomplished . . .

“Lord, you will show us the path of life,” we pray in the psalm response this Sunday. When it comes to creating offspring to carry on that life, however, human beings through the ages have proven fairly adept without much of a road map. And if present fertility rates continue, . . .

“I think it’s a part of a bigger trend of Americans almost apologizing for being Americans . . . . I’m disturbed by this whole globalist trend.”

The pharmaceutical industry is expected to report its biggest drop in quarterly profits since 2006 as a record number of patents are set to expire this year.