Marriage & Family Life

Leaders in foster care, adoption look at post-Roe landscape for their ministries

May 30, 2025
By Katie Yoder
OSV News Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Respect Life, World News

The Henkels are the founders of Springs of Love, a ministry dedicated to raising up more Catholic foster and adoptive families and to supporting those involved through educational programming, small groups and parish care teams.

Pope names new chancellor of institute for marriage, family sciences

May 19, 2025
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Leo XIV has named Cardinal Baldassare Reina grand chancellor of the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences.

Called to foster: Families welcome children with love

May 6, 2025
By Susan McInerney
Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News, Respect Life

Becoming foster parents for children in need was basically a no-brainer for Kevin and Rachel Okun.

Pope Francis remembered for lasting mark on church’s marriage and family ministry

April 24, 2025
By Kimberly Heatherington
OSV News Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News

The impact of Pope Francis’ papacy upon Catholic marriage and family life will be extensively studied, debated and commentated upon in the weeks following his death on April 21.

Church must walk with adoptive, foster parents on their journey, says Kentucky priest

March 15, 2025
By Elizabeth Wong Barnstead
OSV News Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, World News

As the new spiritual director for a national Catholic adoption and foster support ministry, Father Christopher Kight sees himself as “bringing the good news of the Gospel to people who have experienced suffering on so many levels.”

St. Joseph novena guides those ‘on the path to adoption’

March 7, 2025
By Gina Christian
OSV News Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Saints, World News

The faithful are invited to pray for those whose lives are touched by adoption, seeking the intercession of St. Joseph, the foster father of Jesus.

Mom and historian Nadya Williams explores the role of mothers, human dignity and modern society

February 24, 2025
By Charlie Camosy
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life

Nadya Williams, a classicist and historian who walked away from academia to be a stay-at-home mom, recently spoke with OSV News’ Charlie Camosy about her new book “Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient Christianity and the Recovery of Human Dignity.”

With mentors and Holy Spirit, marriage catechumenate model bears fruit

February 23, 2025
By Kimberly Heatherington
OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News

The Witness to Love approach challenges couples to engage with church teaching and what being married means. It also involves close accompaniment by a practicing Catholic mentor couple — of their own choosing — who shares the couple’s journey to the altar and provides them a “lifeline” of support beyond the wedding day.