Tens of thousands of people filled the streets of El Salvador’s capital city of San Salvador last Saturday to celebrate the beatification of Oscar Romero, an archbishop who walked with his people in poverty and spoke out against military violence. He was assassinated while he celebrated Mass . . .

Opponents of the death penalty this week can proclaim, in the words of the reading from the Book of Deuteronomy, “Did anything so great ever happen before? Was it ever heard of?” as Nebraska became the first conservative state in more than 40 years to abolish the death penalty . . .

The Lord “is our help and our shield,” the psalmist declares this Sunday. Residents of Texas and Oklahoma have sought help and shelter as a barrage of storms and floods in Texas and Oklahoma this week . . .

It is made clear in this Sunday’s first reading that when it comes to the law of the Lord, Moses expects us to “keep his statutes and commandments that I enjoin on you today.” Apparently officials of soccer’s world governing board FIFA never got . . .

“God the Father is a deep root, the Son is the shoot that breaks forth into the world, and the Spirit is that which spreads beauty and fragrance.” 

With just six cents per United States citizen per day, hunger could be cut in half within five years in the United States and within 15 years worldwide.