Sure, he's a professional funny man, but Stephen Colbert is serious about being Catholic, teaching Sunday School at his parish and raising his children in the faith.During an appearance with New York Cardinal T...

A strong democracy depends on smart voters who choose their leaders based on their knowledge of important political issues. One way Americans learn about politics is by following the news. Now, researchers from...

The BackdropSteve Jobs. Ludwig van Beethoven. Lebron James.Recognize those names? I'm thinking so.How about Julius Lilienfeld? Bartolomeo Cristofori? James Naismith? Recognize those names?I'm thinking not so mu...

Forty percent of children in the United States will go to bed tonight in a home without a father. The senior pastor of LifeChange Christian Church in Portland, Ore., explains how to address the consequences of ...

Children actively watch an average of 80 minutes of television a day, according to a new study published in Pediatrics. That's a lot of TV, but when you add in the amount of background television exposure these...

The number of teens who drive after drinking has been sliced in half in the past two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A new study by the CDC finds that 10.3 percent of high ...

It's no revelation that people will say things online they might hold back if talking with the same person face to face. Why is that? Experts say there's not just one reason.  Dr. Sherry Turkle, a psycholo...

Do teens engage in risky behavior because they don't know the risks or because they don't care? A new study suggests the former. Researchers at Yale University and Fordham University asked youths ages 12 to 17 ...

Facebook announced Oct. 4, 2012, that it has more than 1 billion users around the globe—about 40 percent of the world's 2.5 billion Internet users. "Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling a...

When leaders fall, ministries can be devastated. Moral failure is part of human nature, but misconduct by church and parachurch leaders can leave a lasting and bitter legacy among adults and youth who experienc...