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Families are moving out of ‘blue’ states and heading for red and purple, researchers find

September 16, 2024 Catholic News Agency 10

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CNA Staff, Sep 16, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA).
A new analysis by researchers at the Institute for Family Studies examines the states that are attracting and losing families, and finds that families are leaving … […]

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How one book is helping Catholic parents raise saints through the sleepless nights

January 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Debbie and David Cowden, authors of “The Prayer Book for Tired Parents,” told EWTN News Nightly in an interview on Jan. 6, 2023, that the book is “really focusing on growing together as a family, loving God more, and raising our kids to be great… […]

Columns

The Fifties, freedom, and the future of the family

July 28, 2022 Dr. Christopher Shannon 25

The overturn of Roe v. Wade should be a cause of celebration for all Catholics and people of good will. Alas, Catholics remain divided along political lines of left and right, while Americans cannot even […]

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US couple to share advice for Catholic family life at World Meeting of Families

June 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Soren and Ever Johnson with their five children, ages 19 to 10. / Courtesy of Soren and Ever Johnson.

Rome Newsroom, Jun 20, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA).
A few years after getting married in the early 2000s, Soren and Ever Johnson were reflecting on … […]

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Pope Francis announces his prayer intention for June 2022

June 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

Pope Francis announced that his prayer intention for June 2022 is families. / Shutterstock

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 2, 2022 / 11:58 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has announced that his prayer intention for the month of June is families.The choic… […]

The Dispatch

Reviving the lost art of reading in Catholic homes

June 24, 2021 Robert Laird 3

My family has always had an assortment of books around the house for our children, and now for our grandchildren as well. Fond memories recur when I hear the grandchildren squeal with delight, as they […]

Interview

“Every day has its own Annunciation”

November 6, 2019 Derya M. Little 2

In Night’s Bright Darkness, Sally Read chronicles how the Lord brought her from atheism to the fullness of the Catholic Church. Yet the conversion is just the beginning of a journey that affects countless around […]

General

“We all want a sanctuary”: Finding a theology of home in daily life

October 11, 2019 Catherine Harmon 8

A Harvard study released last spring found that in recent years, Americans have spent record-setting amounts on home-improvement projects—nearly $425 billion in 2017, up 50 percent from 2010. TV shows dedicated to DIY home projects […]

The Dispatch

Chris Pratt and rediscovering the role of the father

December 9, 2018 Titus Techera 1

Mid-June, I wrote for Catholic World Report about Chris Pratt’s joyful and playful speech exhorting people to put their faith in God, to remember their souls, and to pray. The speech, itself nearly unheard of […]

Books

Weaving the liturgical year into the fabric of family life

November 16, 2018 Catherine Harmon 13

Kendra Tierney is a mother of nine who writes about parenting, family life, and living the Church’s liturgical year at her award-winning blog Catholic All Year. Her new book, The Catholic All Year Compendium: Liturgical Living […]

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Pope’s general audience focuses on the Fatherhood of God

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This Vatican Information Service piece provides an overview of the Holy Father’s general audience, given earlier today, which focuses on the Fatherhood of God. Noteworthy here is the reference to divine sonship—”He has blessed us […]

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