Pope Francis announced that the Catholic Church will dedicate more than a year to focusing on the family and conjugal love.
Family Life
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Christmas made my family’s favorite traditions. This one is breaking them.
This is the first Christmas in 35 years—my entire life—that I won’t be with my mother, father and older brother for Christmas.
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‘There’s no stopping the baby.’ The pandemic won’t cancel Posadas this Christmas.
During the nine days before Christmas, friends and family gather for the re-enactment, with two children dressing up to play the roles of Mary and Joseph.
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So you’re about to watch a livestream Mass with a toddler
I commend you. I sympathize. I need your advice.
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I promised my husband we’d raise our daughter Jewish. Now I worry I’ve left her in limbo.
I don’t want my daughter to wonder whether she is half-Catholic and half-Jewish. I want her to feel complete.
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2020 felt like a yearlong Advent. But we can still make this season of waiting special—pandemic or not.
Advent couldn’t be more relevant this year. Let’s invite it into our homes, since we’ll all be there.
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Why does the Catholic Church object to IVF? It’s more complicated than you think.
Scientific advances have allowed enormous breakthroughs in overcoming infertility—but not without some vexing ethical questions.
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As a teen, I chose adoption. Why are stories like mine missing from the abortion debate?
By inviting birth mothers into our conversations about reproductive politics, we risk complicating the stories we tell ourselves about adoption and the people who participate in it.
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How Latinos celebrate Thanksgiving: Turkey optional, gratitude required
Many Latino people of various cultures who call this country home have embraced Thanksgiving—each culture adding its own spice, of course.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
I’m a priest and public health professor. Here’s my advice for rethinking the holidays this year.
The C.D.C. wants Americans to stay home for the holidays. What can we do when what we sincerely hope for simply is not possible?