August 15 is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in which Catholics believe that Mary was assumed into heaven, body and soul after her death. This ...

A few years ago, I remember watching a network news report about the beneficial effects of meditative prayer. The report first featured a Catholic women's group that was devoted to praying ...

"This was nothing but a war zone," said 30-year old Sixto Merced to a local Boston newspaper, "Church was ...

We would, of course, roll our eyes. That's what teenage girls do when being told something for the millionth time. Still, repetition does have its effect, and so when ...

Whether it's Pilates or spinning, marathoning or extreme kayaking, Americans love their exercise. No doubt the number of new gym memberships and fitness-related New Year's resolutions will spike in a couple ...

Perhaps it is fitting that it took someone whose job it is to satirize sacred cows and poke fun at hypocrites to write one of the most powerful spiritual ...

I was just walking my dog on a peaceful Sunday afternoon. From beyond a grassy knoll of lavender and roses, someone beckoned me from a second floor apartment balcony. I ...

I couldn't help it. "Good riddance," I mumbled, as the news came through that Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th President of the United States, had died on Saturday, June 5, ...

Although the horrors of slavery, Jim Crow laws and segregated facilities may no longer exist in the United States, there are other, less visible and less formalized aspects of racial prejudice that persist--even, unfortunately, within ...

I'm a big fan of peace and harmony. Because of this, I generally don't struggle much when it comes to forgiving others. Subconsciously, it feels far better than carrying an unpleasant conflict around in my ...