I have usually entertained some ambiguity if not cynicism about New Year s resolutions.

An account of the sexual abuse crisis from a historian and former Franciscan provincial

Mary Oliver reminds us of the mystery and necessity of poetry.

A memoir of desire, relationships and spiritual transformation.

A few weeks ago I spent a muggy evening on my front porch ruminating: I wondered how it was that in a lifetime of reading I had seldom encountered a book whose primary character was a mother.

L rsquo Osservatore Romano the official Vatican newspaper has praised mdash wait for it-- ldquo The Blues Brothers rdquo the 1980 comedy starring John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd as a classic Catholic film As moviegoers of a certain age will remember the film focuses on Jake and Elwood Blu