Pope Leo XIV has summoned the leaders of the world’s episcopal conferences to the Vatican in October to discuss marriage and the family “in light of the changes that continue to impact families.”
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Pope Leo XIV calls bishops to Rome to discuss marriage and family in October
The pope said that he was convening the meeting “in light of the changes that continue to impact families.”
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My Lenten Letters and the Woolly Bear Caterpillar
The Lenten letters I sent to my lapsed, dying father changed how I thought about coming to faith.
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In ‘Is This Thing On?’ Will Arnett finds himself through stand-up comedy
If you have ever performed stand-up comedy, you know it sends your senses into overdrive. Yet for many, once they have stepped up to the mic for the first time, they can’t stop stepping up. There is something intoxicating about the feeling of performing on a claustrophobic stage—even if the audience doesn’t laugh at every joke. Stand-up can be a way to get the various stresses and anxieties off your chest, almost like a free group therapy appointment.
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Review: Kathleen Norris on a sister’s love
Kathleen Norris’s profound new book ‘Rebecca Sue’ is a kind of double memoir of Norris’s sister, who had suffered from severe mental disabilities, as well of the author herself and her family.
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The fertility crisis and moving beyond the ‘good mother’ myth
What if we all thought less about being mothers and more about raising children? What if we focused on the children’s vocational raising instead of the mother’s rigid label?
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Surrogacy reduces children to products for sale, Vatican foreign minister says
Surrogacy violates the dignity of both unborn children and pregnant women, reducing them to mere commodities and victims of exploitation, said Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican foreign minister.
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What is more fragile than family?
A Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, by Father Terrance Klein
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Mary is every mother who has lost a child
No matter how a mother loses a child, the mourning must feel like an abyss. Mary’s child is every child who has died too soon.
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A Catholic mom’s guide for having a less-materialistic Christmas
All the people I know who are worried about materialism swallowing up Christmas really just mean: “Presents are a big part of Christmas at our house, and that makes me feel weird.” Don’t feel weird.