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An oral contraceptive tray is seen among several packages of colorful pills on a counter.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Teresa S. Collett
Natural family planning rebuts the basic assumptions of the sexual revolution and the idea that sex is primarily a recreational activity, “safe” between any two people with the proper pills.
 ‌Photo of three sets of hands encircling four attached paper dolls, one of a father, one of a mother, and two of children. (iStock/Liudmila Chernetska)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kathryn Jean Lopez
After Dobbs, the pro-life movement must take the lead in supporting foster and adoptive parents—and in letting birth mothers know there is no stigma in giving a child a new chance at life.
A close-up of a young woman's hands holding a white rosary. (iStock/magnez2)
FaithShort Take
Adrienne Alexander
Church teachings on life beginning at conception and human dignity overall require us to have a more sensitive approach to miscarriages and other forms of pregnancy loss.
pope francis at right shakes the hand of giorgia meloni at left, both are wearing white clothes in front of a dark background
Politics & SocietyNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Pope Francis joined Giorgia Meloni in encouraging young Italians to have more children, saying, “Let us not resign ourselves to sterile dullness and pessimism.”
a statue of mary with baby jesus in front of a blue background
FaithFaith in Focus
Colleen Dulle
My relationship with Mary is complicated. I couldn't see the appeal of Marian devotion until I had a baby and understood how she embodies the life-giving sacrifice of motherhood.
FaithFaith
Justin McLellan – Catholic News Service
In a video message, Pope Francis told young people going to World Youth Day in August should consult their grandparents on how to prepare.