Though more than 90% of us in the U.S. say we believe in Him, God may seem no more real to many of us than, say, Arnold Schwarzeneggar?sure, we've seen Him in the movies (Morgan ...

July 10 -- President Bush is off barnstorming Africa, and there's been no shortage of drama from the very beginning. On the Tuesday after the Fourth of July, the President of Senegal, Adboulaye Wade, literally took ...

Darn those yearbook photos?they always come back to haunt us and remind the world that yes, we once thought puka shell necklaces were the epitome of fashion. But a study at U.C. Berkeley found that yearbook ...

Comfortably nestled in adulthood, I realize it's unlikely that I'll ever be a mother. Heck, in recent months I haven't found a guy I want to share a dinner with, let alone my ...

Paul Elie's first book, The Life You Save May Be Your Own, takes its title from a short story by Flannery O'Connor. In the story a tramp named Mr. Shiftlet marries and soon abandons ...

As a naive youth, I once believed my soul mate was just around the corner. Now well into adulthood, I suspect this corner resides in a parallel universe. My doppelg?nger is ...

"My deepest vocation," spiritual writer Henri Nouwen said, "is to be a witness to the glimpses of God I have been allowed to catch." Here's one: I attended ...

Guilt and shame are two Irish-Catholic traits that are as typical as corned beef and cabbage on St Patrick's Day to Irish-Americans. It's one thing to be Catholic, but to be an ...

My mom made delicious pies. Her piecrust was one of the few things that she taught me to make. This was not because she did not want to share her ...

I don't have high expectations for my Father's Day celebration this year. Don't get me wrong, we will undoubtedly celebrate. We will barbecue or break bread in some way. And hopefully, I'll ...

Coming to the University of California at Santa Barbara was a very significant decision in my life. As I prepare to leave, ...

My other name is Mr. Flag. It's true?I'm a closet vexillologist . I study flags. I guess you'd say that qualifies me as a geek. Or maybe I'm just a pathological ...

Though Americans living abroad might technically be defined as expatriates (from the Latin "banished ones"), they generally tend to think of themselves more as roaming ambassadors of national pride. Aasalaamu aleikum, pilgrim We normally head out ...

I'm relieved July 1 falls on a Tuesday this year, unattached to a weekend. It means, yay, that I won't have to mark the Canada Day holiday by accompanying my husband on a three-night excursion ...

When I talk to my father, the conversation usually sounds like this on my end: "Hi, Dad.""Yes. Thank you.""I know.""Yes, the Bengals certainly do suck.""No….Look, is Mom around?" Division of laborMy mother is the emotional ...

"More analysts are riding the bull," read the headline in the Chicago Tribune recently. Despite bad news from other sectors ...

JUNE 18, New York - This week the head of the U.S. Catholic Church's National Review Board, former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating, resigned suddenly from his post. The National Review Board is charged ...

For years I've recited the same prayer, every morning as I drive to work and every evening before I go to bed: Lord, help me feel your presence and be nicer to people. But my ...

Stories —there are so many of them in the world...everyone has one. I guess I first realized that while attending a college run by the Marianist religious order ...

When famed home run hitter Sammy Sosa got caught with a corked bat, it set off a flurry of accusations and controversy over dishonesty in major league baseball. Slammin' Sammy (who finished his seven-game suspension ...