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 ...

A little over a year and a half ago my husband and I moved into our first house. As I walked around the wintry backyard, with its tired shrubs and empty flowerbeds, I planned ...

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 ...

Peter said to Him, "Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water." And He said, "Come!" And Peter got out of the boat, ...

The Da Vinci Code purports to tell us a lot of things about various subjects: Renaissance art, the ministry of Jesus, the Emperor Constantine and geography of Paris, among ...

An auto repair shop is an unlikely place to have a profound moment, yet I've had two. And with the same person. Is God trying to tell me something? The first time was because of ...

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 ...

We were at the zoo. Every few months our parish staff tries to do something just for fun. When you spend a good portion of your time together talking about ...

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 ...