When it comes to promoting the justice and peace of God the psalm for this Sunday’s Mass says will be good news for the nations and especially the poor, one Roman Catholic bishop in Mexico is making a personal effort. In what has been the bloodiest year since 1998 for drug violence . . .

Saint Paul tells the Christians at Rome to "welcome one another . . . as Christ welcomed you." Modern-day Romans will be called on to welcome the staff of the United States embassy to the Holy See after the State Department announced it's moving its Vatican mission into a larger compound . . .

John the Baptist critcized in no uncertain terms the Pharisees and Sadducees who had come to him to be baptized: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?” At least he was being clear, which is more than can be . . .

In the first reading from the prophet Isaiah we hear there is a hope that one day even the wolf and the lamb will live together in peace. Enemies will welcome each other in a new way. Having gone without food for 22 days to pressure leaders of the U.S. House to come together and pass . . .

“As a friend of mine used to say, you might as well hang a tiny golden gallows or an electric chair around your neck."

Though the number of female employees in the U.S. tech industry grew by 35,000 in the year ending last September, women still make up only a quarter of the workforce at major firms like Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft.