| December 7th, 2006 All I want for Christmas I don't really know what I want for Christmas. Sure, I want to have my Christmas cards done by my traditional (but never-heeded) deadline of December 10th. I'd like ... |
| December 4th, 2006 The Bad News About Unwed Mothers Keisha Castle-Hughes, the 16-year-old unmarried actress who plays the Virgin Mary in the new movie, The Nativity Story, is pregnant by her 19-year-old boyfriend. Last week CNN could ... |
| December 1st, 2006 The former Bush staffer discusses his book Tempting Faith and the mutually seductive (and destructive) relationship between faith and politics By the age of thirty, David Kuo was already a seasoned veteran in the highly specialized political warfare that takes place inside the beltway. First as an assistant to ... |
| November 30th, 2006 It Feels What You Feel (And Not Much Else) Near the end of The Nativity Story, the manger scene is as still and precisely framed as the crèches children play with under Christmas trees. The crib is ... |
| November 29th, 2006 Fr. Dave Dwyer CSP goes from website to satellite Howard Stern, Martha Stewart, Eminem and now Father Dave? Beginning on Monday December 4, Paulist Father Dave Dwyer will join Sirius satellite radio's growing roster of on-air talent when ... |
| November 28th, 2006 The Tulip & the Pope by Deborah Larsen (Vintage) In high school my best friend, Cathy, who went to an all-girl's Catholic school kept telling me, "The nuns say I have a calling." We used to crack ... |
| November 27th, 2006 Of High Priests and Universal Language At the time, Rice's much-anticipated second album was still in production. Ironically, last week, while spending time with high priests of a different sort, Rice's new album, 9, was ... |
| November 17th, 2006 A brief guide to understanding meal blessings this Thanksgiving In uncertain times, we are invariably drawn to absolute truths that help us make sense of the world. One such immutable verity is the ... |
| November 16th, 2006 A candid conversation about the papacy with the author of The Rule of Benedict In the wake of the midterm elections that created such a seismic shift in the American political landscape it is easy to forget that, not long ago, the entire ... |
| November 15th, 2006 Daniel Ellsberg Most of us can identify certain teachers or mentors who have had a profound impact on our lives. The same can be said for particular books that have shaped ... |