“Now is the time of judgment on this world,” Jesus affirms in this Sunday’s gospel. Most environmental scientists believe the time of reckoning for the world’s ecosystem is here . . .

The psalmist wants nothing so much as to be cleansed of sin and given a clean heart, we hear this Sunday. Working to cleanse the balance sheet and create a clean slate on the multiple taxpayer-financed bailout programs . . .

Jesus suffered and offered “loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death,” this Sunday’s reading from the Letter to the Hebrews says. Many suffering from tuberculosis may be wondering who will save them . . .

Only when a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies can it produce much fruit, Jesus teaches his followers in this Sunday’s gospel. Coptic Christians in Egypt might have been prepared for the death . . .

Speaking through the prophet Jeremiah in this Sunday’s first reading, the Lord promises a new covenant with Israel and Judah after their ancestors had broken the old one. A Vatican department has broken with a soccer tournament . . .

“According to multiple campaign sources, Mitt Romney elected to call himself ‘Javelin.’ And Rick Santorum chose ‘Petrus.’ ”

Fifty-one percent of Americans now disapprove of the federal government's bailout of U.S. automakers, while 44 percent approve. Among Republicans, 73 percent disapprove.