Who will be the benefactors of any war on Iraq ? The winners are all about past relationships. And where President George W. Bush's administration is concerned, those past relationships are measured in barrels of crude ...

This morning in Rome it was announced that the pope had accepted the resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law, the Archbishop of Boston. This brings to an end one part of the yearlong priest sex scandal ...

December 13—This morning in Rome it was announced that the pope had accepted the resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law, the Archbishop of Boston. This brings to an end one part of the yearlong priest sex ...

There I was, driving down the road with my teenage son in the front seat and my daughter and her friend Lauren in the back. Lauren says to my daughter: "How old were you when ...

I will be the first to admit that when it comes to Christmas, I am one big, wishy-washy mess. Christmas, to me, is what Disney World is to some other adults—a time and ...

Phew. What a relief—at 24, I finally had it all figured out. I mean, how difficult could this whole religion and God thing be? Well, it turns out that I had a lot more to ...

I was sentenced to an alarm clock and cold cereal on my first day of kindergarten. I dressed myself, rode my bike to summer activities, and took the yellow bus to school ...

"How will history remember you?" That is the question that Mr. Hundert (Kevin Kline ) puts to the boys of St. Benedict's Prep School in his classics classroom. He asks himself ...

Remember all that news footage of mothers beating one another over the head in a mad rush to snag the Must-Have, Hot Gift Of The Year, the one their children are whining for and will ...

Remember the days before "super size"? Remember when the smallest size coffee you could order was—you won't believe this—a "small"? When was the last time you ate ...

When I was young and na�ve and honestly thought that little girls who could not add or subtract in their heads could grow up to become astronauts, I presented significant sums of allowance to NASA ...

There's something wrong here. It's December, and I am not only jacketless, but wearing shorts. I lived four years in South Bend, Indiana�December is loss of sensation in the lower extremities. The lights started going up here ...

Passing down faith to my two teen and pre-teen kids is tough. Since I'm still figuring out the ropes myself, I'm sometimes limited in what I say or do to help them get charged up ...

Propped up against the wall of my tiny kitchen, absentmindedly chain eating Entenmanns's chocolate chip cookies, I was engrossed in an article from the Catholic Worker about the life of St. ...

Every time I attend a burial, the weather's not good. Rain, cold, mud; the universe seems to provide a climate in tune with the mood of those gathered around the grave. The rain returned this week ...

You know the routine pretty well. Getting ready for Thanksgiving means much planning, shopping for a lot of food, and with me there was the over-achieving ...

Yes, it's official. Freddy's dead. That's what I said. This is the story of how I was painfully notified. I was planning to call my cousin Jim to wish him Happy Birthday. Rather than do something ...

It is November, and I am barreling headlong into the end of the year. But first, I have to make it past the Thanksgiving table. Growing up working-class and Filipino here ...

Winter in Ontario and I couldn't touch my toes. I was plopped on the kitchen floor, legs spread in a 'V' and hands stretched towards my feet. ...

Most women raise children. And some don't. Those of us who don't set sail for a different kind of life. Is the journey a chosen one or not? Are you a woman if you don't ...