“People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming,” this Sunday’s gospel warns of the end times. While fear is not quite that great concerning the prospect of the U.S. economy heading over the “fiscal cliff” at year’s end, tensions are high . . .

“The time when promises are fulfilled and justice is raised up is on its way, PreparetheWord.com says of this Sunday’s reading from the Book of Jeremiah. In an escalation of the tug-of-war between Egypt's president and the judiciary . . .

While most of us will take the psalmist’s contention that “all the paths of the Lord are kindness and constancy,” figuratively one man has actually walked the walk and his description of the experience affirms the psalmist’s insight . . .

This Sunday’s second reading exhorts us to “conduct yourselves to please God” with a prayer that “the Lord make you . . . abound in love for one another and for all.” New York City seems to have taken the message to heart, at least for a day. The city passed a day without a single report . . .

"The pope has not banned Christmas."

According to the FBI 72 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty last year, up from 56 the previous year. An additional 53 officers died in accidents and 54,774 were assulted in the line of duty.