Jesus this Sunday reaches out to mend the breach between the “clean” and the “unclean” by healing a leper. Huddling for cease-fire talks in Belarus, the leaders of France, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine struggled to close the widening breach . . .

The psalmist this Sunday turns to the Lord in times of trouble and is filled with the joy of salvation. Several hundred seaborne migrants were not so fortunate. Early on Wednesday, rescued refugees told aid workers that more than 300 people . . .

Saint Paul encourages followers in this Sunday’s second reading to be respectful of people of all backgrounds, giving offense to no one. The Mideast terror group ISIS had been anything but respectful in its brutal dealings ...

The reading from Leviticus this week reveals an unbending legalism that unjustly punished those suffering from leprosy. An innocent Illinois man knows something of what it feels like to be punished unjustly ...

“All of the exterior signs of our faith mean nothing unless we undergo an interior transformation toward the good."

Nearly one-third of Millennials who left the faith they grow up with told Public Religion Research Institute that "negative teachings" or "negative treatment" related to gays and lesbians played a significant role in their leaving organized religion.