Violent government crackdown targets Syrian civilians | The Holy See sees scandal erupt | Former warlord sentenced to long term | Ireland could use another Saint Patrick | Border crime against women prompts priest’s crusade
The psalmist this Sunday describes the sometimes trying periods when our souls wait for the Lord, “our help and our shield,” our hope for deliverance from death. Syrian civilians are wondering how much longer they must wait . . .
In this Sunday’s first reading, the great law-giver Moses directs the Israelite people to keep the “statutes and commandments that I enjoin on you today, that you and your children after you may prosper.” The Vatican’s reputation is not prospering . . .
“Did anything so great ever happen before?” Moses asks in this Sunday’s first reading. Judges at the first international tribunal to convict a former head of state since the end of World War II . . .
In this Sunday’s gospel we hear Jesus' command: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations.” Ireland’s Catholic Church will need to start evangelizing closer to home . . .
A general intercession from this Sunday’s PrepareTheWord asks: “May the authorities of this world seek your justice.” A newspaper account 20 years ago turned Father Rafael Luévano into a crusader for justice . . .
“One way to understand the Trinity is that God is at the same time beyond us, within us, and among us.”
For the first time in nearly 50 years, homicide is no longer one of the top 15 causes of death in the United States.