Week raises awareness of NFP and how it enriches sacrament of marriage
“To have … To hold … To honor: Supporting God’s gifts of love and life in marriage” is the theme of Natural Family Planning Awareness Week July 25-31. The educational campaign of the U.S. Conference of...
View ArticleAround the world, bishops confront new same-sex marriage laws
ROME – As governments around the world are pushing to legalize same-sex marriage or at least legislation favoring homosexual couples, the bishops in those countries have been vocal in advocating for...
View ArticlePope urges couples facing ‘stormy seas’ of COVID to keep marriages afloat
ROME – In a letter to spouses around the world, Pope Francis offered comfort and encouragement to families enduring the ups and downs of the coronavirus pandemic, telling them to lean on God together...
View ArticleTo understand Catholicism, you need to get Italy
ROME – If you were an American Catholic who carved out space midday Friday to watch Pope Francis lead the traditional Christmas Eve Mass, you may have tripped over a section of his homily in which,...
View ArticleHuman Family Sunday shows us the human side of God
In the usual cycle of the Church’s liturgical year, believers receive a double opportunity to celebrate the Nativity of the Lord on Christmas and his earthly family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph on the...
View ArticleWith American backing, thinkers gather in Rome to defend ‘Humanae Vitae’
ROME – With American Catholic backing, a group of jurists and theologians are gathering in Rome this week to push back against a seemingly more permissive stance from the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy...
View ArticleFaith comforts family of Indian Catholic killed by stray bullet in Sudan
MUMBAI – An Indian Catholic killed by a stray bullet in Sudan in front of his wife and daughter on April 15 is finally home, with his remains returned to the southern Indian state of Kerala May 19 and...
View ArticleVatican reaffirms ‘no’ to birth control, IVF in new family compact
ROME – While maintaining its stance against IVF, the Vatican issued a new document Tuesday sounding an alarm about declining birth rates and touting alternatives to methods of artificial reproduction...
View ArticleProtests erupt around papal event, but Francis wasn’t the target
ROME – Four police officers and one young woman were injured Friday during a protest march attempting to reach an event dedicated to raising Italy’s historically low birth rate where Pope Francis was...
View ArticleNew research finds ‘John Paul II effect’ on boosting fertility in Latin America
ROME – A new study claims that by stressing themes of marriage and family during 13 visits to the region between 1979 and 1996, St. John Paul II was responsible for boosting fertility rates across...
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