When Greeks came to Jerusalem and asked to speak with Jesus, this Sunday’s gospel tells us, he recognized that the time of his Passion had arrived, that his hour had come. At a town-hall style event in Cleveland Wednesday, President Obama said he wished he had recognized . . .

Jesus prayed “with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death,” the second reading informs us this Sunday. Foreign tourists cried out in panic Wednesday after militants stormed a museum in Tunisia's capital and starting “shooting at anything that moved," a witness said. Sadly, 19 of them . . .

The psalmist this Sunday yearns always to be in God’s presence and promises to teach “transgressors” the ways of God. Many a social media user wishes parents with children adoped a lower-key presence online, protesting that the deluge of parental posts about their children is a transgression of social media etiquette. . . .

“I will draw everyone to myself,” Jesus promises in this Sunday’s gospel. The largest Presbyterian denomination drew closer to gay believers on Tuesday through its official endorsement of gay marriage, solidifying mainline Protestants' support for the cause. Now all eyes turn to the largest mainline denomination—the United Methodist Church . . .

“[Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] is putting himself and the Israeli government, if he succeeds in forming it, in a complete collision with the international community, including the United States and Europe. There’s a global consensus on a two­-state solution.”

13.1 percent of the world’s population is hungry. That’s roughly 925 million people who go undernourished on a daily basis, consuming less than the recommended 2,100 calories a day.