In this Sunday’s gospel, a wealthy man who seeks wisdom from Jesus goes away troubled by what he hears. People around the world were troubled to hear of a deadly air strike by U.S. forces on a hospital . . .

“Prosper the work of our hands for us,” prays the psalmist this Sunday. After five years of hard work negotiating complex trade issues, 12 Pacific Rim nations concluded the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Monday. President Obama hailed the historic deal . . .

Everyone must render an account of their actions before the Lord, this Sunday’s second reading makes clear, because the word of God is “able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart.” Under new guidelines aimed at easing prison crowding, thousands of federal inmates . . .

The author of this Sunday’s reading from the Book of Wisdom describes the gifts that come from prayer, which include prudence and wisdom that surpass riches and even health. Prayers go out for the 33 men missing at sea after the merchant ship El Faro went down . . .

“I think we should really start looking seriously at the possibility of ordaining women deacons because the diaconate in the church’s tradition has been defined as not being ordered toward priesthood but toward ministry.”

Nearly two-thirds of California voters, including a majority of Catholic voters, support legislation, signed Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown, that will allow doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients.