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 our view of the world. With ...

The City of New Orleans began as a small settlement one hundred years before the first shots were fired against the British, when New York was New Amsterdam, and ...

The following is a reflection written by Sheila Provencher, 32, who lives and works in Baghdad, Iraq, with Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT). CPT is an ecumenical organization that ...

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 ...

A few days before heading out of town, I called my parents in Vermont to tell them I would be away for the weekend. My Dad had a stroke ...

Before the Vagina Monologues even opened on my Catholic college campus last year, the campus had been buzzing with concern. Fordham University pulled funding because some of the ...

Ever since I was young I wanted to be an actor. My love for movies has always been a big part of my life and the hundreds of DVDs and videos I've ...

London July 8, 2005For the second time in four years a "terrorist" group has attacked civilians in my city. On September 11th I watched black clouds rising from lower ...

After the death of John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict the XVI, print and broadcast media pundits regularly bandied about phrases like "defender of church doctrine" and "watchdog ...

Last Wednesday, Paul Wolfowitz, a former Bush Administration official who was one of the chief architects of the Iraq war, assumed the Presidency of the World Bank. In his ...