The Vatican is the smallest country in the world. Until recently, I always thought of that fact as a neat bit of trivia and nothing more—kind of a, ...

I remember building a snowman in my backyard with my older sister when I was about 5 years old. It was there that snow became the great equalizer. While she piled ...

Countless rejection letters... I started losing hope, and gaining weight. For several years I had worked as a campus minister at the University of Oregon in Eugene. The college town was the right size and ...

When he was eight, his mother had to go back to work to support her children when an Anglican relative withheld financial support because of her conversion to Catholicism. ...

I have learned the six magic words that will wake up any high school religion class: "Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute." Every year I get the same strong reaction ...

I am standing at my kitchen sink, gazing out the window as the afternoon sun dissolves into the sky. I am supposed to be peeling potatoes for supper ...

Separating life from art can be impossible in some cases; Angels in America is the most painful instance I know. Now that the award-winning Broadway play has ...

My computer died, taking my last article—a tirade on the prevalence of thongs and stilettos in everyday women's wear—with it. The PC that came to dinnerIt's a good thing I've ...

During September and October of 2003 three different NYU students committed suicide, all by jumping from upper floors. Here in Bangalore in November, a fifteen year-old girl killed herself. Most of us probably know someone who's ...

Does Cuba's revolutionary and pop icon Ernesto "Che" Guevara truly inspire those of us working for peace and justice in the 21st century? A recent photo exhibit in East Los Angeles suggests ...