A report in the noted medical journals The Lancet Psychiatry and The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health have called for the phasing out of institutionalized care for children, favoring family-based care.
Family Life
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Only in death can we truly come home
Everything else, even their names, has been taken away from the dead, and they are reserving for their family a spot with the one thing we really need: a view of the mountain.
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Bryce Dallas Howard examines fatherhood in flux in ‘Dads’
Bryce Dallas Howard makes her directorial debut with the new documentary “Dads,” available from Apple TV+.
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What getting married in a pandemic taught these newlyweds
After the restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic made so many of their initial wedding plans impossible, Michael and Kelsey Petrany decided they wanted to go through with it anyway. And they are glad they did.
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Bishops call for end to surrogacy as pandemic strands newborns in Ukraine
Ukrainian Catholic bishops are calling for an end to the practice of commercial surrogacy as dozens of babies are left stranded and not claimed by foreign adoptive parents because of the pandemic.
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I grew up in a Catholic cult. I had to tell my story before I could accept that.
Telling my story might have been impaired had I approached it from the point of view of describing a cult. That was for the audience to discern and for me, ultimately, to accept.
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Quarantine and Zoom lessons have taught me the value of in-person Catholic schools
Her five sons are keeping up with the curricula at home, writes Rachel Lu, but there is something missing: The energy and sense of purpose of a complete Christian community.
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Pope postpones World Meeting of Families, World Youth Day
On the recommendation of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, Pope Francis is postponing the upcoming World Meeting of Families as well as World Youth Day by a year because of coronavirus.
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With my daughters at home for school, I am finally getting a Catholic education
I am getting a window into the daily lives of my daughters, and I truly understand what my wife has always told me: Catholic schooling has defined her view of the world.
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Catholic art for your home doesn’t have to be cheesy
Hanging religious art shakes up class-based ideas about how our home should look.