In the first reading this Sunday the Lord promises to raise up a “just shoot” for David, one who “shall do what is right and just in the land.” The Turkish government claimed a Russian jet was . . .

As we enter the Advent season, thoughts turn to the approaching arrival of the Christ child. For one New York City church, however, a child has already arrived. A newborn baby boy . . .

This Sunday’s second reading exhorts listeners “to conduct yourselves [in such a manner as] to please God.” The conduct of a white Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager 16 times . . .

“Be vigilant at all times,” Jesus advises in this Sunday’s gospel about an impending time of suffering. Federal health officials are encouraging the public to be vigilant to avoid suffering the effects of deadly E. coli bacteria as they investigate an outbreak that has sickened 19 people . . .

I was terrified to start my first year of high school. While I was excited about the prospect of learning, I was afraid to go forward alone. My classmates from grammar school were attending a different high school. I wasn’t sure how I’d make it without the friends I had been with since kindergarten.

"No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There’s too much work to do."

Total global military expenditure has risen from US $1.14 trillion in 2001 to US $1.711 trillion in 2014, a rise of 50 percent. Military expenditure in the Middle East has grown from US $99 to US $173 billion during the same period, a rise of 75 percent.