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Bishop urges parents commit families to deeper relationship with Christ

Feb 14, 2019

Fathers and mothers have the ability and responsibility to lead their families to holiness, wrote Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted in an apostolic exhortation.

By Tony Gutierrez

Vatican aims to get concrete on family support with new observatory

Dec 7, 2018

After two synods on the family and a papal document, the Vatican is getting concrete by launching a new “International Observatory on the Family.”

By Claire Giangravè

Catholic federation says family should be put on the European agenda

Nov 17, 2018

According to Antoine Renard, “the family is God’s own project.” Renard is the president of FAFCE, the European Federation of Catholic Family Associations. He says that the concept of the ‘Traditional Family’ is under constant threat.

By Mariska Orbán - Katholiek Nieuwsblad

‘Amoris’ the dog that’s not barking at the 2018 Synod

Oct 25, 2018

Many controversial topics were discussed at this Synod of Bishops, but ‘Amoris Laetitia’ wasn’t among them. It’s not because people have forgotten, but perhaps because they needed a bit of a break.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Pope advises teachers that they need parents’ trust, appreciation

Sep 7, 2018

Without respectfully collaborating with teachers and schools, parents will risk being on their own when it comes to educating their children and be at a greater disadvantage for facing the challenges emerging from today’s culture, mass media and technology, Pope Francis said.

By Carol Glatz

Rival family conference says homosexual agenda a threat to Church

Aug 23, 2018

Organizers of a parallel event to this week’s World Meeting of Families in Dublin says bishops are too “sheepish” in speaking out against a “watered-down” version of Church teaching that endorses homosexuality.

By Elise Harris

Austrian cardinal on accountability for cover-ups: ‘The truth will set you free’

Aug 23, 2018

On the clerical sexual abuse scandals, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna, Austria, says the Church has had to learn the truth of Jesus’ saying in the Gospel: “The truth will set you free.”

By John L. Allen Jr.

Pope to police: A nation can’t survive without families teaching values

May 25, 2018

Pope Francis met with officials and staff of the Italian police force working in Rome as well as officials from the department of public safety’s medical assistance division.

By Carol Glatz