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.
Family Life
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Parenting adult children is hard. Prayer helped me see that my late parents are with me amid the challenges.
My parents never told me this, but parenting adults is hard.
Posted inFaith, News
In response to question on same-sex unions, Cardinal Farrell says no one can be excluded from the love of the church
While the Catholic Church cannot bless unions that are not sacramental marriages, the church will always welcome and accompany everyone, no matter their situation in life, said the prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Most Catholics don’t use Natural Family Planning. Can better marriage prep change that?
Natural Family Planning is too important to be relegated to marriage preparation class, writes Ellen Holloway of the Charting Toward Intimacy podcast. We need to talk about it early and often.
Posted inFaith, Politics & Society
Meghan Markle’s life is exceptional—but her suffering isn’t. We should honor her bravery in sharing it.
When someone is courageous enough to share with the world that she seriously considered taking her own life because she didn’t see a way out, we need to honor that honesty and vulnerability.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
The contradictions of Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview
Everyone has a family that involves some painful history, and few of us would want to tell Oprah and the whole world about it.
Posted inPolitics & Society, What Coronavirus Taught Us
What Coronavirus Taught Us about the American Family
We must care for those who once cared for us.
Posted inPolitics & Society, What Coronavirus Taught Us
What Coronavirus Taught Us about Children’s Health
The pandemic has unmasked some health needs and exacerbated others.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I felt alone after my miscarriage. Then other women (like Meghan Markle) began sharing their stories.
We are called as Catholics to honor the dignity of every single person—and there are small but meaningful ways to reach out to someone who has experienced a pregnancy loss.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis establishes World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly
The pope said the day will be celebrated every year on the fourth Sunday of July to coincide with the feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, Jesus’ grandparents.