The dignity of life must come before profit, is the official position of The Catholic Church on all matters related to medical care. The Catholic community plays a role ...

In June 2004 Rutba House, an alternative Christian community in Durham, North Carolina, developed this list of ideals meant to shape the nascent "new monastic" movement, which includes The Simple Way and dozens of other ...

They started out as good Christians. They thumbed through their Bibles, were concerned with sex and feared God. Then they started taking Christianity seriously. "This thing Jesus called the Kingdom of God is ...

Most of us hear about various Islamist groups such as Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah, and Hamas without understanding what they really represent, why they have won support, and the similarities ...

Steve Cook flinched as a heckler hollered, "You're a traitor to the gay community." One of the signs Cook held read, "Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians," and ...

Syd Barrett, co-founder of the legendary rock band Pink Floyd, recently passed away at the age of 60. Barrett was a troubled soul, an amalgamation of genius and ...

If the general rule in polite company is always to refrain from discussing politics and religion, Chicago Sun Times writer Cathleen Falsani has spent a good deal of her ...

Thomas Ward agonized over a choice: should he cheat death by ditching his research or forge ahead and prepare to die? He decided to prepare to die. ...

In the world of popular music there is perhaps no genre that is more suspicious of Christian faith than indie rock. Having grown out the late 70s punk movement ...

Moving from California to Guam in third grade, Rebecca Nations anticipated a new school and learning environment as she made the transition from the West Coast to the tropics. ...

David Allen's parents wanted him to see a psychiatrist. Why? Not because he was depressed, taking drugs or getting bad grades in college but because he wanted to convert to Christianity. Allen is one of several ...

My grandmother loved Jesus. My grandmother's dog apparently loved Jesus. My grandmother's car even preached about Jesus. Those are not all good things. She would drive around in her huge, red ...

CNS Photo Last week a friend invited me to attend the world premiere of the film Saint of 9/11, a documentary that tells the story of Father ...

It all started with a desperate prayer from a desperate man: Lord deliver me from myself I'm in trouble, I need your help... Not too long ago, Vance Watt was caught in ...

The other day, while toting my inquisitive four-year-old daughter to preschool, our chat about contemporary political corruption was interrupted by a familiar smell. Taking a moment at a red ...

The Collar chronicles the journey of five men who have left their careers and former lives behind to begin formation for the Roman Catholic priesthood. In his realistic, human, ...

"We never know when grace is going to hit us" says Sister Helen Prejean at the start of our interview. The sixty-seven-year old author and activist knows what she is talking ...

Growing up Jewish in New York City, I had no idea that I was a member of a ridiculously small religious minority. That blithe unawareness had something to do ...

Ray McGovern served God and country for 27 years as a member of the CIA by keeping his work secret. Today, along with a group of other Intelligence veterans, ...

Rev. James Martin--Jesuit priest and associate editor of America magazine--has written and edited numerous books on the spiritual life, including the memoir In Good Company: The Fast Track from the Corporate ...