On a muggy July evening just after work, people in the World Trade Center PATH train station hustle by on their Tuesday commute home, talking into their cell phones as they ...

Even in the middle of the noisy competition hall, with dozens of other swords clashing and thwacking, the sound of a saber blade breaking is unmistakable. Usually you stop to see ...

A few years ago, I remember watching a network news report about the beneficial effects of meditative prayer. The report first featured a Catholic women's group that was devoted to praying ...

What does a man want in a wife? Does he look for an independent, equal partner? Or does he want a Mrs. Cleaver/Barbie hybrid, a domestic goddess who lives ...

Whether it's Pilates or spinning, marathoning or extreme kayaking, Americans love their exercise. No doubt the number of new gym memberships and fitness-related New Year's resolutions will spike in a couple ...

Perhaps it is fitting that it took someone whose job it is to satirize sacred cows and poke fun at hypocrites to write one of the most powerful spiritual ...

The most fascinating disguise in this summer's blockbuster Spiderman 2 has nothing to do with special effects or characters on the screen. Though the second installment in the franchise ...

To an older generation of Roman Catholics, the mention of traditional devotions like the eucharistic adoration and liturgy of the hours might elicit either chilling memories of ...

I can't keep quiet any longer. Beyond the teeth I'm going to finally reveal the reason why daytime and prime time (Sun-Thurs., May 17-May 26, 2004) versions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? have been such ...

Don Imus' plugs I first spotted Father Joe, Tony Hendra's new spiritual autobiography, on a bookshelf in our office. At Commonweal magazine we receive dozens of books a month from various religious ...

I love those cream-egg Easter candies. Your know the kind - milk chocolate shell with that gooey sweet sugar cream filling...

I often see her around town. Sitting, wandering, she drifts unnoticed through the streets ot Portland.

One thing leads to another... Seems like that's always how these things happen.

My divorce is now several months behind me and the Diocese is considering the case for annulment.

"Stop worring." Jesus says, "about what to eat or drink." And people like Francis of Assisi, Dorothy Day, and Mother Teresa actually lived like that.

Schizophrenia has often been popularly misconstrued as split or multiple personality disorder along the lines of what was shown in the 1976 television movie Sybil, the true story of a ...

In the first part of this series, we explored what sexual addiction is and examined how easy access to pornography on the internet poses a problem for those who struggle with sexual compulsivity. This second ...

There can be little doubt that the technological revolution that brought the power of the internet to the average consumer over the past decade has opened up enormous possibilities ...

Robert Barron, a young priest and theologian, recently coined the phrase "beige Catholicism," lamenting that Catholicism, in its effort to blend seamlessly into the fabric of American life is in danger ...

You lookin' for common ground between the political Left and Right? Go to your local pot dealer. You'll find there the profit motive Republicans drool over, as well as the ...