In a midtown subway station four silent women, bent over their smartphones, texted or read while an unconscious ragged man sprawled helpless at their feet. I checked to see if he was dead.
Family Life
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
The ethics of outsourcing childbirth
India, one of the top international destinations for couples hoping to hire women as surrogates for pregnancy, is poised to ban the practice in most cases.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Taking your children to Mass isn’t always easy but it’s worth it.
Over the years, we choose, time and again, to brave the wrath of children awakened too early on a weekend morning, in order that we might continue to attend Mass as a family.
Posted inFaith, Synod on the Family
Top 10 takeaways from “Amoris Laetitia”
Pope Francis’s groundbreaking new document asks the church to meet people where they are and to consider the complexities of people’s lives, to consider the complexities of people’s lives and to respect people’s consciences.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
A Scriptural look at Jesus’ teachings on marriage and divorce
The positions taken by the Roman Catholic Church on divorce, remarriage and communion are not self-evident, but the product of numerous interpretive moves.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis: Ignoring, Abandoning the Elderly Is Sinful
‘If we do not learn to treat the elderly well, we won’t be treated well either.’
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The joy of having loud and messy kids at Mass
“If you are distracted by a little kid being a little kid you are not focused on what’s holy. Little kids are holy. Let it be.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Remembering First Communion
First Communion is a powerful church and family ritual; no one who has been present can miss its importance for the children taking part.