Dating culture crisis fuels Catholic marriage vocation collapse March 3, 2023By Rachel Hoover OSV News Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, World News During 50 years between 1969 and 2019, Catholic marriages declined 69 percent even as the Catholic population increased by nearly 20 million, according to Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.
Pew: Only 1 in 3 Catholic parents say it’s ‘very important’ children share parents’ religious beliefs February 20, 2023By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News Catholic experts are expressing concern after a recent Pew Research Center survey found that only 35 percent of U.S. Catholic parents say that it is extremely or very important to them that their children grow up to hold similar religious beliefs.
Catholic marriage prep: We want the whole feast, please! February 8, 2023By Ava Lalor OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life As the church reimagines marriage prep, I would love for parishes to offer different levels of catechesis depending upon a couple’s background, age and life experience.
Free childbirth or reduce cost of raising kids? Pro-life leaders mull proposal for Congress February 6, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News Some pro-life leaders have called on Congress to make childbirth free for mothers, while others maintain addressing the financial burden of raising children will make greater impacts on saving lives from abortion.
Affordable child care key component of post-Roe response, advocates say February 5, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Respect Life, Social Justice, World News Affordable child care must be a core component of a post-Roe response from the Church, advocates at the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering said on Jan. 30.
Personal accompaniment key to Vatican’s expanded vision for marriage formation January 22, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News First issued in Italian in June with an English translation published in October, “Catechumenal Pathways for Married Life” presents a three-stage approach to preparing men and women for Catholic marriage.
RADIO INTERVIEW: The Holy Family January 3, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News, Radio Interview The Holy Family holds lessons for all of us about how to pray, how to trust in God and live in love.
After vote, House sends Respect for Marriage Act to Biden for signature December 9, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, U.S. Congress, World News By a vote of 258-169, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Respect for Marriage Act Dec. 8 and sent it to President Joe Biden for his signature.
Give joyful witness and lobby hard for families, pope tells Italian groups December 2, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News Italy’s declining birthrate is alarming, and groups that assist Italian families must do more both in terms of lobbying and witnessing to the joy of family life, Pope Francis said.
Bishop Barron disappointed by Senate passage of Respect for Marriage Act November 30, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, U.S. Congress, World News The bill codifies the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that found a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
Bishops reiterate church’s ‘firm opposition’ to Respect for Marriage Act November 29, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, U.S. Congress, World News The chairmen of two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee’s reiterated the U.S. bishops’ ” firm opposition” to the “misnamed” the Respect for Marriage Act.
Pope: Church’s concern for the family goes beyond focus on couples October 24, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News The importance of the family for the Catholic Church and for society means that theological reflection on family life and pastoral responses to the joys and problems of families must focus on more than the relationship between a husband and wife, Pope Francis said.
