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Family Life
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Separating immigrant families is a cruel means to a cruel end
Separating families will not stop drug traffickers or gang members. Its only purpose is to punish migrants seeking their own American dream.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How you can help parents struggling with young children at Mass
If you are a young mom or dad, struggling with your kids at church: Take heart. You are not alone.
Posted inFaith
How can parents keep their children in the faith?
Our May 23 guest is Kristin Gilger. We’ll be talking to her about her recent article, “What can Catholic moms do if they want their kids to stay Catholic? Let go.” We also discuss these articles: Pope Francis has made 14 new cardinals What Childish Gambino and Flannery O’Connor have in common What can Catholic preachers […]
Posted inFaith, News
Philadelphia Archdiocese sues city over foster care placements
At issue is a long-standing practice of CSS not to perform evaluations of the homes of same-sex couples wishing to care for foster children.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I lost my mom 83 years ago, but Our Lady never left me.
One day, I looked up to the statue of Our Lady and prayed: “God has taken my mother. I need you to be my mother.”
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Why did Christ ascend to heaven? So that moms everywhere could take his place.
And dads, too.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Protecting the vulnerable
In a new book, Helen Alvaré argues that a just society defends and protects its children from harms of all kinds.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Infographic: A Mother’s Day wish for more children?
The fertility rate in the U.S. is down, but the cost of raising a child may be to blame. If not for immigrant families, births would be down sharply.
Posted inFaith, Features
What can Catholic moms do if they want their children to remain Catholic? Let go.
Those whose children remain practicing Catholics have some ideas about why that may be the case, but they, too, are well aware that things could easily have turned out differently.