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December 22nd, 2006
Dana Reeve, the epitome of grace and class under pressure, is probably most known for the tragic events that surrounded her husband Christopher Reeve and his paralyzing accident. ...
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November 20th, 2006
In the spirit of St. Ignatius, the Super Size Me director takes viewers on a 30-day spiritual reality retreat
Morgan Spurlock gained fame and an Oscar nomination by becoming a human guinea pig in the documentary Super Size Me in which he ate nothing but McDonald’s meals ...
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May 1st, 2006
United 93 honors losses that are both national and personal
The fact that we know how director Paul Greeengrass' United 93 ends somehow makes the film all the more harrowing to watch. We know that the doomed September 11th flight out of Newark airport will ...
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April 20th, 2006
A Guide to the new reality show God or the Girl
With its mix of equal parts "The Bachelor" and "Jackass" with a spiritual twist, A&E's new reality series, "God or the Girl" has people talking. The ...
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January 25th, 2006
A Portland parish becomes devoted to the environment
On the long list of social justice causes that the Catholic Church advocates for, issues like poverty and the right to life are usually foremost in people's minds. ...
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January 19th, 2006
John Paul II gave us a moment that we need to remember
When Pope John Paul II's would-be assasin, Mehmet Ali Agca, was released from a Turkish jail last week after serving almost 25 years behind bars — except for the complete transformation of his hair from ...
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January 4th, 2006
The controversial Catholic author talks about his new book on one of the Church's oldest prayers
As a cultural historian and author, Garry Wills has spent more than three decades researching and writing on historical figures like Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan (his ...
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December 24th, 2005
Reflections on St. Joseph from a soon-to-be adoptive father
As Christmas Day draws closer and crèche scenes start to pop up in New York City, I inevitably begin to think about the Holy Family. But this Christmas, as my ...
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September 21st, 2005
The poor serving the poor in Nicaragua
I set off on my recent mission trip to Nicaragua with every intention of spending a week in service to poor orphans and with the hope that ...
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September 11th, 2005
"Pay It Forward"
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 ...
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May 17th, 2005
Finding God through rewinding
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 ...
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May 1st, 2005
CNN's Vatican analyst and National Catholic Reporter correspondent sits down with BustedHalo to talk about the death of John Paul II, the election of Pope Benedict and where the Catholic Church is headed
If you happened to be anywhere near a television set during the extensive media coverage of the death of Pope John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict, ...
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April 19th, 2005
Coming to terms with Benedict's papacy
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 ...
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April 3rd, 2005
Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code receives a cold cut
What fascinated me about the hugely popular novel The Da Vinci Code was not whether Dan Brown's gargantuan best-seller had a shred of truth in it but rather that ...
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April 3rd, 2005
Two perspectives on how to interpret young adults' commitment to Catholicism
More and more seek a robust orthodoxy
by Colleen Carroll Campbell
Conventional wisdom among America's chattering classes has long held that the Catholic ...
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March 2nd, 2005
A Journey of Faith From MTV to the Priesthood
Before he reached 30, Dave Dwyer had already achieved some pretty significant career goals in the field of television. The Syracuse University graduate had started out filing video ...
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February 8th, 2005
Murderball is a phenomenal look at the sport of Quad Rugby
Moments before the Paralypmic Games in Athens, Scott Hogsett, recounts an encounter with a family member who called him a “Special Olympian.” A comment that made him want ...
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January 5th, 2005
Our Top 10 easy ways to reach out to Southeast Asia
What has happened in Asia is simply overwhelming. The numbers of dead are expected to grow to over 125,000. More than 1.8 million people need food aid, and an estimated five million people have
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December 25th, 2004
Does Jesus Need the Jolly Fat Guy in Red?
I'm nine years old and I hear the footsteps of my mother making her way through our "railroad" apartment to my bedroom where I'm diligently doing my homework. She ...
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December 25th, 2004
The challenge of Christmas
It's my job to put together the manger scene each year in my house. I get out the animals, and the 3 Kings ...
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