Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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OSV News
Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News
A year after “Fiducia Supplicans” whipped up a firestorm of controversy in the days before Christmas, the Vatican declaration remains a point of division in the U.S. church and worldwide. Meanwhile, it is unclear whether it has freshly prompted many Catholics in “irregular situations” to seek the kind of blessings it permits.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Marriage & Family Life
It’s a tough time to be a Catholic parent these days. While there are some young adults who are embracing their Catholicism, often even its most traditional manifestations, the much larger number of Catholic younger adults have at best a tenuous connection with the faith of their father and mother.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News
Familial strife has been around the days of Adam and Eve. But today, it increasingly seems to manifest itself in family estrangement. Catholic families aren’t immune to the heartbreaking phenomenon.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News
The Catholic Church must respond to cultural challenges facing marriage and family life with unity and compassion, Pope Francis said, and he called for a deeper integration of the Gospel into contemporary culture.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life, Question Corner
As our Catholic funeral liturgy reminds us, for God’s faithful “life is changed, not ended” with bodily death; and by analogy we can also conclude that although the love of spouses may be changed into something different from specifically married love, this does not mean that this love no longer exists.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News
Because the Holy Spirit specializes in love and unity, Catholic couples should pray regularly for the Spirit to be present in their marriage, Pope Francis said.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, World News
Their courtship became a sacramental marriage Sept. 14 as they professed wedding vows at St. Mary in Chatfield, near the farm where Kappers grew up.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, World News
The Sargeants found physical, emotional and spiritual support from their home-school community and a Caring Bridge site the couple created.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life
Celebrating the church year can be as simple as changing your prayer habits in small ways or incorporating the liturgical seasons into daily life.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News
Love is demanding, but it is also beautiful when a woman and a man love each other fully, “without half measures,” Pope Francis said.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News, Respect Life
From the start, Alina Chesla has had a thumbs-up approach to life.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Marriage & Family Life
Catherine Pakaluk, herself a mother of eight children, takes a deep dive into the stories of the American women choosing to have large families amid the trend of plummeting birth rates.
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