My last column, "Wives, obey your husbands?" was intentionally provocative... and it worked! Over the years, as I attended different parishes during college and beyond, I noticed something odd: Depending on ...

"I pray that the community spirit stays strong in all these communities, and that the floods can't drown the love we feel for our neighbors in times of need."

As someone who studies the family and relationships, I usually look forward to the discussion of these big, important issues in the liturgy. At one church I attended during childhood summers, fathers would be recognized ...

If the old saying is true that men want to marry a woman like their mother, then this Mother's Day, let's thank moms for leading the way toward ...

The honeymoon is over, and being somebody's "everything" isn't all it's cracked up to be. Catholics need to break up with the quest for "the one" in favor of a ...

It only has to work once. That's what I told myself after every bad date in my 20s. If we fell head over heels in love with everyone we met for coffee or ...

Did you make some New Year's resolutions this year? If so, you're in the minority: A 2005 study found that only 45% of Americans make New Year's resolutions. Did you make ...

Lately I feel like my brain is on holiday. I find myself wandering the supermarket unable to remember exactly what I'm supposed to be shopping for, reaching the end ...

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For three months I lied to my husband. I snuck around behind his back and I ...

In the living room of my next-door neighbors' house is a wooden crate. It's nothing fancy, just pieces of plywood nailed together, but Kim and Matt keep the box in a place of honor by ...

Bushy haired, scruffy and wild-eyed, a punk-rock singer bellows out the words to an irksome tune. Blaring throughout the campus, the singer's lyrics laud the virtues of environmentalism. ...

Catholic young adults place great importance on marriage but have turned away from church-based ideas of how to make it work, according to a study released last week by the Center for Applied Research in ...

Do you believe that your spouse should be your soul mate first and foremost? Do you agree that marriage should be whatever two people want it to be? Do ...

Recently, several media outlets, including the New York Times, have printed stories on the increased security surrounding the Senator and his family. "Obama must be wary of ...

My husband isn't speaking to me. He isn't speaking to anyone, really. He's crushed by the Patriots defeat in last night's SuperBowl. I'm not that chatty either, but not because I ...

Anita, 26, had two close friends in college. These were the girls she could always call for a chat, who would be interested in planning a fun trip, going shopping, ...

"Fr. Malloy, are you a virgin?" So inquired an undergrad in my intro to sociology class. Every semester, usually just before Fall or Spring break, I hand ...

Call it the "honeymoon handles" or "love blubber": New studies find that newlyweds are more likely to report weight-gain than those who stay single. Professors at the University of North ...

Is there anything funny about a sixteen year old girl getting pregnant? Actually, there's quite a bit in the new film Juno. A smart and smart-mouthed Minnesota teen named ...