"For a child has been born for us, a son given to us… he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." These...
Religion
When you whispered a prayer this morning while sipping your coffee and eating your toast, to whom exactly did you pray? An old man with a beard somewhere...
St. Paul may be known as the "apostle to the Gentiles," but his high ideals make him an apostle for believers today, too. When you ask Father...
Could you put that in layman’s terms, please? “With pleasure,” says Richard R. Gaillardetz, author of By What Authority? A Primer on Scripture, the...
They say it’s lonely at the top, but it’s also lonely in the middle. That’s where Oblate Father Ronald Rolheiser often finds himself, trying...
Five years into the sex abuse crisis, some Catholics are growing weary, while others are cautiously optimistic. The priest sex abuse crisis is the...
For most Catholics marriage is their path to holiness, says this expert. The church could-and should-do more to help them on their way. If you ask Mary...
The popularity of The Davinci Code has spawned endless speculation about whether there’s a kernel of truth in this work of fiction: Did Jesus and Mary...
The other day my friend Alicia was telling me how sad and angry she felt when Hurricane Jeanne hit the poorest country of the Western hemisphere, Haiti...
When he was in seminary, Martin E. Marty and his classmates used to play a game: If your denomination were removed from the earth, what would you be? Marty...
