This Sunday’s first reading narrates how the hungry Israelite community in the desert marveled when their prayers were answered by manna from heaven. Matthew Flores, a 12-year-old boy in a Salt Lake City suburb, was so hungry to learn . . .

Moses the lawgiver, famous for delivering the Ten Commandments, plays a central role in the Exodus saga referenced in several readings this Sunday. Despite their historical significance, a stone monument of the Ten Commandments . . .

Now that we are a new creation in Christ, Saint Paul encourages us to “put away the old self … corrupted through deceitful desires.” A German bishop who apparently had not overcome the desire for luxury is being called to account by his former diocese . . .

“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites,” said the Lord as he promised manna in the morning and quail in the evening to sustain the people in the desert in the first reading this Sunday. “The American people are saying loudly and clearly, enough is enough," . . .

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.”

Close to half of all people in developing countries suffer at any given time from a health problem caused by water and sanitation deficits.