Sunday, July 27, is the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 6-7, 7-8; Colossians 2:12-14; Luke 11:1-13. In this week’s Sunday Gospel, the Lord gives ...

D.G. Hart’s review of Mark A. Noll’s book “America’s Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794-1911” (Bookshelf, April 27) reminds me of a related religious practice prevalent in ...

The United States Supreme Court today declared unconstitutional such religious practices in the public schools as readings from the Bible and recitation of the “Lord’s Prayer.” The Court’s decision ...

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