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August 2014

August 10, 2014

Father’s will decrees that children will not receive any inheritance unless they become Catholic

Details, from Australia: From beyond the grave, father-of-four Patrick Carroll continued a five-decade crusade to...

August 05, 2014

Must-see video: “How to Dad,” a great new ad from Cheerios

Smart, funny and utterly winning. One blogger writes: It is well shot and the guy playing...

July 2014

July 22, 2014

John Paul II, Gianna Beretta Molla to be patrons for World Meeting of Families

Details: Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia announced Sunday that St. John Paul II and St....

July 09, 2014

“How do Christians respond to the transgender issue?”

A priest reader passed this along, noting: Perhaps some of your readers, especially priests might...

July 03, 2014

In the email: “How would a parish take on our family if my husband were a priest?”

A reader sent me the following e-mail, which is an important follow-up on this post...

July 02, 2014

Synod: What about married priests?

As people take a closer look at the working paper for the upcoming Synod, one...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Vatican publishes working document for extraordinary Synod of Bishops

An overview from CNS: The working document for the October 2014 extraordinary Synod of Bishops...

June 02, 2014

Pope Francis: The devil is trying to destroy the family

I think that also includes the family of Christ's Church. Details: The "enemy attacks the...

May 2014

May 11, 2014

The pain of childless women on Mother’s Day

From The Salt Lake Tribune: To any guilt-prone women, the annual idealization of motherhood that...

April 2014

April 09, 2014

Christians? What would the neighbors think?

A mother struggles with being both a Christian and a liberal academic—and it sounds like...

March 2014

March 21, 2014

“You are married to the Lord and your daddy is your boyfriend”

A growing phenomenon in some places, as reported by the Daily Mail: Purity balls, in...

March 11, 2014

Cardinal calls for “renewed” interpretation of Church teachings on marriage

From CNS: In its approach to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, the Catholic Church needs...

February 2014

February 09, 2014

O’Malley on Francis: “I don’t see the pope changing doctrine…”

Photo: Essdras M. Suarez / Boston Globe From The Boston Globe: Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley...

February 08, 2014

Cardinal Schönborn describes meeting with pope, discussions about marriage and family

From the National Catholic Reporter: "It is fascinating to see how Pope Francis is encouraging,...

February 08, 2014

American bishop on contraception: “That train left the station long ago”

The German bishops have weighed in on their survey results for the upcoming synod, and...

January 2014

January 24, 2014

“I have always had enough money to give my kids almost anything. But my wife and I decided not to.”

How do you raise a large family today? Any parent will want to read this...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

From the pope, a prayer to the Holy Family

From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis on Sunday invited the faithful to join him sprititually in...

December 28, 2013

On the fourth day of Christmas…

...we spent a wonderful evening with family, including a lively posse of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces...

November 2013

November 05, 2013

Vatican releases full text of document and survey questions for 2014 Synod of Bishops on the Family

From News.va: The preparatory document for next year’s Synod of Bishops on the Family was...

October 2013

October 16, 2013

What a story: orphan goes to church in search of a family to adopt him

Photo: Melissa Lyttle, Tampa Bay Times Wow. Just wow. From The Tampa Bay Times in...

October 08, 2013

Historic: Pope Francis calls an Extraordinary Synod on the family

Such synods are rare. This one will be only the third of its kind ever....

September 2013

September 22, 2013

New Orleans archbishop orders school calendars changed to keep Sundays free

Details: After months of nudging Catholics to reclaim Sunday as a day to attend Mass...

August 2013

August 09, 2013

New app helps track best times to conceive

NFP on your smartphone? Sounds like it: Glow, the fertility tracking iOS app co-founded by Max...

August 09, 2013

New app helps track best times to conceive

NFP on your smartphone? Sounds like it: Glow, the fertility tracking iOS app co-founded by Max...

August 07, 2013

Quote of the day

From Catholic comedian Jim Gaffigan: “I watch the faces of single people in their twenties...

August 07, 2013

Quote of the day

From Catholic comedian Jim Gaffigan: “I watch the faces of single people in their twenties...

July 2013

July 20, 2013

Panel to Explore ““Children’s Privacy Rights Against Their Parents”

This flitted by on my Twitter feed, and really gave me pause, from the Association...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

Study Finds Record Number of “Breadwinner Moms”

Details: A record 40% of households with children include "breadwinner moms," according to a report...

May 27, 2013

One Woman Writes About Her “Uneasy Catholic Motherhood”

Here's a snapshot of one kind of American Catholic mother, writer Mary Elizabeth Williams. From...

May 25, 2013

“Dear Parents With Young Children in Church…”

This popped up on my Facebook feed and I thought it too good to pass...