John Paul II gave us a moment that we need to remember
When Pope John Paul II's would-be assasin, Mehmet Ali Agca, was released from a Turkish jail last week after serving almost 25 years behind bars—except for the complete transformation ...
The controversial Catholic author talks about his new book on one of the Church's oldest prayers
As a cultural historian and author, Garry Wills has spent more than three decades researching and writing on historical figures like Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan (his ...
Reflections on St. Joseph from a soon-to-be adoptive father
As Christmas Day draws closer and crèche scenes start to pop up in New York City, I inevitably begin to think about the Holy Family. But this Christmas, as my ...
Kim Statkevicus had it all. A successful, loving husband, a great house in the suburbs, a 13 month old son and another child on the way—the picture ...
For years my mother has been dealing with a host of medical problems. Since I was 9 years old, I can't remember a time when she wasn't sick. Often I've sat by her ...
CNN's Vatican analyst and National Catholic Reporter correspondent sits down with BustedHalo to talk about the death of John Paul II, the election of Pope Benedict and where the Catholic Church is headed
If you happened to be anywhere near a television set during the extensive media coverage of the death of Pope John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict, ...
As the Papal conclave closed, fear crept into my heart. "Anybody but Ratzinger," I prayed. Moments before the announcement of who was to succeed Pope John Paul II I ...
What fascinated me about the hugely popular novel The Da Vinci Code was not whether Dan Brown's gargantuan best-seller had a shred of truth in it but rather that ...
Two perspectives on how to interpret young adults' commitment to Catholicism
More and more seek a robust orthodoxy by Colleen Carroll CampbellConventional wisdom among America's chattering classes has long held that the Catholic ...
