Petition filed at Supreme Court seeks overturn of landmark same-sex marriage ruling August 12, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Supreme Court, World News About a decade after the Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, overturning state laws defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, the justices have been directly asked to overturn the ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
Catholic family experts tie marriage to dropping U.S. fertility rate August 7, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Respect Life, World News To explain the dropping U.S. fertility rate, Catholic fertility and family policy experts are pointing to marriage.
Is NFP finally breaking into medical schools? July 21, 2025By Zoey Maraist OSV News Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Respect Life, World News Though many NFP organizations do a great job educating couples about their fertility, FABM users often run into difficulties when they share their knowledge in the exam room.
Practice the ‘BeDADitudes’ June 14, 2025By Dr. Greg Popcak OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life The eight Beatitudes given to us by Christ in the Sermon on the Mount can shed light on a uniquely Christian vision of fatherhood, enabling faithful dads to become fathers after the Father’s own heart
Reach out to families; let them know God loves them, pope says June 2, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church, its ministers and its members must find new ways to reach out to and welcome families who are distant from the church and have no understanding of how much God loves them, Pope Leo XIV said.
A family’s love grounded in Christ is sign of peace for world, pope says June 2, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News Families are the cradle of the future of humanity, Pope Leo XIV said during a Mass concluding the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly.
Leaders in foster care, adoption look at post-Roe landscape for their ministries May 30, 2025By 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, 2025By 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, 2025By 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, 2025By 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, 2025By 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, 2025By 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.
