By Julia Smucker While traveling recently, I saw a button on someone’s backpack that proclaimed, “My body, my choice.” The allusion was...

By Sarah Vabulas Potential. Every person has it. It’s a lot to live up to – to fulfill my potential. What does this mean exactly? For...

By Mary DeTurris Poust As deeply committed as I've been to the pro-life effort over the years--going on marches to Washington, stand...

"The poor you will always have with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them," Jesus says in Mark's Gospel. This w...

A funny thing happened on the way to Mexico. As John Allen reports , while speaking to the media aboard the papal plane at the start of ...