The chief priests may have paid Judas 30 pieces of silver to betray Jesus, but the funds in the troubled Vatican bank should be better protected from betrayal now that Pope Francis has endorsed reforms to improve . . .

“Though he was in the form of God,” says Saint Paul in this Sunday’s second reading, Christ “emptied himself" and was "found human in appearance.” Around the turn of the last century . . .

“You who fear the Lord, praise him . . . give glory to him; revere him!” Catholics and Lutherans hoping to find further unity around their mutual reverence and praise of God have reasons for hope, say leaders . . .

The prophet Isaiah speaks of “a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them.” Weary workers in New York City received a little boost from Mayor Bill de Blasio, who recently signed a bill . . .

"He responded very nicely to me and he said that he agreed with me and the role of women within the Catholic Church should be enhanced in the future."

Adjusted for inflation, the average graduate student's debt load rose 43 percent between 2004 and 2012 to a median of $57,600.