A wide chasm yawns between the two terms "secular" and "secularism."

An interview with Francis Cardinal George about his new book, The Difference God Makes: A Catholic Vision of Faith, Communion, and Culture.

T.S. Eliot belabored the obvious in saying, Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Youd have to be living under a rock not to have noticed the prevalence of vampires in todays culture.

The hero of Evelyn Waughs trilogy Sword of Honour, in the slough of despond in wartime Cairo, goes to a priest to confess that he has wished to be dead. How many times? the priest asks.

Advocates have almost convinced Americans that legalization will remove most of the evil that drugs inflict on society. Don't believe them.

Benedict will take criticism for his gutsy moves, but he's playing a masterful hand of new and old cards while preserving the fundamental authority of the Church.

Maybe, just maybe, our current crisis of trust is actually a singular opportunity to rethink our priorities and redirect our confidence.

Because I am a bit of an anomaly in the Canadian "mainstream media" -- because I am, to put no finer point upon it, not only rather conservative in my political outlook, but what is called a "social conservative"; and as one of my critics once patiently explained, "not just conservative, but Christian; and not just Christian, but Catholic" -- because of this I get many e-mails.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.