The people of Israel recall, in the first reading, “the LORD, our God, who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, out of a state of slavery.” The number of migrants at the EU's borders . . .

Hearts will be broken and spirits crushed, warns the psalmist before promising that the Lord will respond. Hearts were broken around the world to learn that ISIS militants had beheaded . . .

The selection from the Letter to the Ephesians this Sunday describes how Christ and the church are in a great mystical communion in which the church is presented to Christ in splendor. Much of our communing these days . . .

The mystical union of the church is front and center in this Sunday’s readings. But we also are supported and uplifted when we gather to work together, and this week Pope Francis reflected on the “serious social damage” caused by . . .

"The right of another . . . is the expression of God’s love and God’s will."

Ten percent more children were living in low-income families in 2013 than in 2015.