A deeper dive on ‘Amoris Laetitia’ is planned for the World Meeting of Families, to be held in Dublin in August 2018.
Family Life
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Archbishop Gomez: We are the answer that God provides to those who suffer
‘God is silent only to the extent that we are.’
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Learned on the street: Chicago student finds a way out of college homelessness
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates as many as 58,000 students across the United States—about one in 10—face homelessness at some point during college.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Dorothy Day: Future Saint, Imperfect Parent
Kate Hennessey’s new book is a searingly honest look at Dorothy Day the mother.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
What I’ve learned in the trenches of religious education
People are more likely to be open to hearing the truth if they know you occasionally feed them and give them free babysitting.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How the Catholic Worker showed me what it means to be Catholic
Young and old, educated and mentally impaired, healthy and addicted, they wrapped strong and weak arms around us and they held us up.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Growing up with my boys at Mass
Sometimes they would rustle and fidget impatiently in the pews and fiddle with missals and fold the parish newsletter into ships and trumpets.
Posted inFaith, News
Four Cardinals are asking Pope Francis to clarify his teaching on Communion for divorced
After not receiving a response from the pope, the cardinals released their letter to the public.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Financial trouble affects a growing number of U.S. families
“About four in 10 delayed at least one thing like eating, paying bills or medical care or they required financial help—perhaps housing—from friends, family or other sources.”