“Does God really care if we gained ten pounds over the holidays? Yes!” announces The Dieter’s Prayer Book. “If you’ve struggled with obesity all of your ...

Recently I received a request from Susan, a longtime reader of my Pure Sex, Pure Love column:How do you deal with a partner whose dealing with depression? Can you help—and ...

My husband, Peter, is a lawyer, and recently accepted a job with Legal Aid, a non-profit organization that provides legal services for the working poor. In states ...

This weekend, we celebrated our nation’s independence with fireworks and cook-outs. But according to a recent Busted Halo® survey, young adults are struggling for an even more personal ...

My last column, "Wives, obey your husbands?" was intentionally provocative... and it worked!Over the years, as I attended different parishes during college and beyond, I noticed something odd: Depending on ...

"I pray that the community spirit stays strong in all these communities, and that the floods can't drown the love we feel for our neighbors in times of need."

As someone who studies the family and relationships, I usually look forward to the discussion of these big, important issues in the liturgy. At one church I attended during childhood summers, fathers would be recognized ...

If the old saying is true that men want to marry a woman like their mother, then this Mother's Day, let's thank moms for leading the way toward ...

The honeymoon is over, and being somebody's "everything" isn't all it's cracked up to be. Catholics need to break up with the quest for "the one" in favor of a ...

It only has to work once. That's what I told myself after every bad date in my 20s. If we fell head over heels in love with everyone we met for coffee or ...