We must answer for what we do “in the body, whether good or evil,” this Sunday’s reading from 2 Corinthians advises us. The American Medical Association (AMA), one of the largest and most influential associations of medical doctors in the country, believes vaccines are good for our bodies . . .

The Lord may have sovereignty in Israel, expressed as the planting of a cedar tree in this Sunday’s first reading, but the U.S. Congress must defer to the president on the question of recognition of Israel’s (and any nation’s) sovereignty and territorial boundaries, . . .

Jesus teaches that the mustard seed, like the reign of God, once sown, “springs up and becomes the largest of plants.” Saying that the 2010 Affordable Care Act had grown to encompass millions . . .

We will each give a personal account of our decisions before God, the reading from 2 Corinthians tells us this Sunday. Catholic bishops who fail to protect children from abuse will be held accountable in a new system approved by Pope Francis . . .

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they “die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.”