The gospel for the Solemnity of the Ascension tells us that as he prepares to leave his disciples, Jesus assures them he will be with them “always, until the end of the age.” Taking part in Memorial Day services Monday, President Barack Obama assured loved ones of those lost . . .

“Everything of mine is yours,” Jesus prays to the Father during his farewell discourse to his disciples in the gospel for the Seventh Sunday of Easter. Memorial Day weekend kicks off the traditional summer travel season, but high gas prices . . .

In the Solemnity of the Ascension reading from the Acts of the Apostles, the disciples stare at the sky until angelic visitors assure them, “This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.” Sixteen days after blasting into the heavens on its final journey, the space shuttle Endeavour . . .

In the readings for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, the psalmist seeks one thing only: “To dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.” If that house were on the market these days, . . .

“Once Walmart enters your economic system, it's like having a really strong and virulent weed or fish. They come in and totally change the environment, and other species die out.”

The U.S. Justice Department estimates that nearly a quarter-million veterans of wars dating back to Vietnam are serving time behind bars.