The new health guidelines for attending Mass raise concerns for parents of young children during an already challenging year.
Family Life
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pope Francis is worried about population decline. The U.S. will need more pro-family and pro-immigrant policies to continue to grow.
In April the Census Bureau estimated that from 2010 to 2020, the U.S. population grew at the slowest rate since the 1930s and at the second-slowest rate in the nation’s history.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: Countries with declining birthrates are ‘rich in resources but poor in hope’
The pope encouraged all government efforts for helping families’ real needs, saying, “if families are not the focus of the present, there will be no future.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Catholics must work to build a society that actually supports families
A more welcoming society for babies, children and families must work on many levels. Catholics should be leading that charge.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
When I came out as a gay Catholic, Saints Augustine and Monica helped me grow closer to my mom — and God
My mom and I have dedicated ourselves to loving each other as parent and child and as children of God. I believe Monica and Augustine did the same—even when they were at odds over Augustine’s sexual behavior.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Older Catholics: We need to talk about our sex lives
Sex with someone you know and love is deeply satisfying. At our age it may not be as athletic or as frequent, but it is fulfilling. It is affirming. And it is fun.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Podcast: Two Christians get married—what happens when one spouse leaves the church?
A conversation with Stina Kielsmeier-Cook on her memoir ‘Blessed Are the Nones: Mixed-Faith Marriage and My Search for Spiritual Community’
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Communion for the divorced and remarried, papal critics and family life: Pope Francis’ ‘Amoris Laetitia’ at 5 years
What is the legacy of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia,” released five years ago today?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My 8-year-old son has taught me—a sacramental theologian—how to love the sacraments again.
I needed my beloved son to teach me once more to gaze with desire upon the Blessed Sacrament, to receive with joy the body and blood of Our Lord.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Biden’s new child allowance is a breakthrough for families. Mitt Romney’s plan is even better.
The new Covid relief package attacks child poverty by providing cash to low-income and working-class parents. Patrick T. Brown writes that this is a goal that should unite policy makers from both parties.