Nothing says “eternal” like a frigid, wintery night in rural Wisconsin. The light of day begins her retreat at four-thirty in the afternoon as darkness nestles across the horizon and an accompanying chill spreads over the land. Out on our…

Regardless of our opinions about Barack Obama as a politician, or even as a man, we all share a profound similarity with this eloquent senator from Illinois: he, like us, had a mother.

Of course, not all of us are so…

Every morning at 5:30, my grandmother gets up to pray. Taking her place on the little wooden kneeler in the spare bedroom, she reaches for her rosary to continue some novena or another offered for the intentions of her family.…

My compassion for women considering abortion has grown dramatically in the last three months.  For the first time, I actually know what it feels like to be pregnant: I feel like my body has been hijacked. It's not entirely pleasant,…