The Trump administration announced a proposed rule to allow faith-based adoption and foster care agencies to follow their deeply held religious beliefs and not place children with same-sex couples.
Family Life
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I never had a reason to celebrate Day of the Dead. Now I remember my grandpa with Pan de Muerto.
This Day of the Dead, I made two loaves of bread: one to share with colleagues and the less pretty one for myself and my grandpa to share over a cup of cafecito.
Posted inFaith, Features
The Christian argument for more stay-at-home dads
Putting an end to the cultural pressure that prevents men from taking on caregiving roles.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
When my husband filed for divorce, I was shamed for staying faithful to our vows
Some say I have brought suffering on myself by standing up for the promises I made at the altar. In a sense that is true. But the alternative would have been to betray myself.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Jeannie Gaffigan confronts the unknown with courage and humor in new memoir
‘When Life Gives You Pears’ reads as a polished version of a long catch-up conversation with a good friend, writes Renée Darline Roden.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Can Elizabeth Warren’s child care proposal be considered pro-life?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has a plan for universal child care-and it is being scrutinized through a “pro-life” perspective.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: How to be holy (hint: You can’t do it on your own)
Colleen Carroll Campbell’s new book is full of insight into what motivates us to attempt to reach holiness through our own strength and how this obsession holds us back from spiritual progress.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The church wants my son to consider the priesthood. After the abuse scandal, how can I trust he’d be safe in seminary?
We must not fear losing priests because we ask the right questions of our bishops.
Posted inFaith, Magazine
Introducing America’s 2019 Family Issue
“The Church is a family of families,” Pope Francis writes in “Amoris Laetitia.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
50 years of ‘Sesame Street’: What the show’s history can teach us about evangelization
The history of “Sesame Street” offers some helpful lessons to anyone trying to spread a message of hope in an all-too-divided world.