The Justice Department is vowing to enforce a federal ban on marijuana, even as some states try to move toward full legalization.

It is not just our eyes that become brittle and inflexible as we age. Our hearts can, too.

Robert Lowell, a leader in the confessional poetry movement, suffered from bipolar disorder.

For those who were sexually abused by priests, the news of Cardinal Bernard Law’s death evoked an avalanche of emotions.

Healing for my baby daughter was the hardest thing to ask for. I was afraid of false hope.

In our churches and parishes there can be an enforced invisibility for people living with H.I.V./AIDS. Myths, misunderstanding and prejudice still abound.