In this Sunday’s gospel the disciples turn to Jesus for spiritual direction, asking that he teach them how to pray. Multitudes of young Catholics have gathered in Rio de Janeiro . . .

Believers are “buried” with the Lord in baptism, the second reading informs us, but faith in the power of God also raises up the believer. As loved ones of those who died in a . . .

Though the “the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah” was great, Abraham negotiated with the Lord in an effort to spare the cities from destruction. Though the outcry against menthol . . .

Jesus promises in this Sunday’s gospel that “everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” If the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service has its way, however, you won’t be opening your door . . .

“Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense.”

Only 40 percent of Latinos whose grandparents were not born in the U.S. say they are Catholic, while 30 percent now call themselves Protestant.