I bet you do not know that the official title of the current synod is "Youth, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment."

In Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey, a Greek war hero faces imposing challenges in his long journey home.

In his intervention at the youth synod today, the Archbishop of Philadelphia said the Church should instead be explaining why Catholic teaching about human sexuality is true, ennobling and merciful.

Enjoy this series of touching and uplifting messages from Jean Vanier, Companion of the Order of Canada and founder of L'Arche on the occasion of Canada's Sesquicentennial Anniversary.

Whenever things look particularly bleak, I turn to Samuel Johnson. 

When I was eight-years old, I was in love.

In "The Idler" (September 1, 1759), Samuel Johnson observed: "Men complain of nothing more frequently than loss of memory."

I think it was Jean Améry who said that once you have been tortured you remain tortured.

This year marks the 40thanniversary of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's famous Harvard commencement address, "A World Split Apart."