The theologian Karl Barth once said, "To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world."

Summer winding down, I suppose it was unfortunate that we have had to kill our animals. Two cats, a dog (actually a puppy), a miniature donkey "Roncevalles" and our beloved pet chimp "Washoe", before we moved homes.

I have spent most of the past three weeks inside a hospital room, watching a person I love fight for his life.

A friend of mine and I had an argument over Terri Schiavo as to whether food and water should be stopped to allow her to die. I said that to do so would really be like killing her. She said that she is going to die anyway. Is there any Church teaching on this matter?

The Netherlands' decision to allow the euthanasia of children could lead to the practice of arbitrarily deciding which youngsters will live or die, warns a leading bioethicist.

A new letter from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has called for a renewed collaboration of men and women.

After viewing the picture, which has been celebrated as the "Hand of Hope," Samuel's mother wept for days.

Thanks to John Paul II, the Catholic Church has become aware of the fact that the experience of martyrdom is still extremely relevant. The "brief century," marked by totalitarianism, has left behind itself a long trail of Christian blood. But the third millennium also opens with the sign of martyrdom: a martyrdom with many faces that shows itself increasingly as a "global" experience.

When their mothers and fathers don't get and stay married, bad things happen to more kids more often.

On June 20, 2003, the New York State Legislature passed Emergency Contraception for Rape Victims legislation. This mandated hospitals to provide survivors of rape with the so-called morning after pill and to counsel patients that these pills are contraceptives and do not cause abortion. Similar bills have been introduced in Massachusetts and Illinois.