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 ...

For many people, prayer is a private matter. Most of us prefer to pray alone and often squirm uncomfortably when someone suggests saying grace in a public ...

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 ...

It was as if I was a kid again. The gospel choir numbering at least 30 strong lifted their voices to the rooftop. The pulse of the ...

"The split between the Gospel and culture is without a doubt the drama of our time," wrote Pope Paul VI in 1975. Occasionally I am reminded of this "drama" ...

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 ...

So Heath Ledger passed away a few weeks ago, the final outcome of a long struggle with depression, substances, and wild living. While the thousands dying of starvation and ...

There's a new cigarette on it's way, one which Philip Morris, the world's largest producer of cigarette products, hopes will meet the changing cultural and social needs of today's ...

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 ...

For many young women, their sense of Mary, mother of Jesus, is relatively one-dimensional. They recall a humble, pious woman who was submissive to both her husband and her God. Or she's the woman in ...

Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood literally starts off with a thud. Only a few minutes into the film, set in late 19th and early 20th century ...

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that ...

Food, water and shelter are universal needs that transcend borders, age, gender, race, class and religion. But a visit to www.Other6.com is enough to demonstrate that human beings hunger and thirst ...

Whoopi Goldberg is a great comedian. So is Joy Behar. But, as it turns out, they're not great theologians. On the daytime talk show "The View" this past Wednesday, ...

Caucusing can be confusing. But I was giddy all day about this opportunity to make a difference and shape national politics. I mean, how complicated can caucusing ...

I'm a born-and-raised New Yorker. I don't make eye contact with strangers as I walk down the street. I lived in the same apartment building for decades, and couldn't ...

What does it take to shatter a stereotype? Advertising executives have their own recipe: cook up a snappy creative campaign, stir in a few press releases, serve in ...

If there's one story everyone knows, it's "A Christmas Carol." The saga of the miraculous overnight transformation of the world's meanest man into a grateful, humble, compassionate human ...

It's a Wonderful Life, is a great story, and I hope yours is a Bedford Falls kind ...