Real Population Growth Means Strong, Faith-Filled Families
A diverse coalition is concerned with our demographic decline, but we need to be careful not to choose solutions that create worse problems.
You Are a Child of God, Not Your “Inner Child”
God calls us to be childlike, not childish. Overindulging and coddling ourselves does not lead us or the people around us to greater holiness, and being a child of God has nothing to do with the fiction of our “inner child.”
Catholics: Make America Truly Free
On the subject of freedom, the Christian cannot agree with the vision presented by the world, and we should not be tricked into compromising.
Marital Debt: No Need for a Name Change
We need not fear the name “marital debt,” and there is good reason to keep it as it is.
Counseling Not Necessary for Grace in the Sacrament of Marriage
So universal has the recommendation to attend marriage counseling become that some people even assert that every married couple should be seeing a therapist.
Why Are Americans Having Fewer Children Than They Want?
Americans may desire to have more children, but their lives are often orchestrated in a way that makes that seem impossible.
Summer as an Image of Eternity in a Workaday World
Our surrender of summer as a golden time to soak up a life of being instead of doing to the workaday demands of the 40-hour week is a grave disservice to children.
If You Want a Happy Marriage, Take the Marital Debt Seriously
Few subjects raise such ire and disgust as the marital debt, but it is the teaching of the universal Church, and it does matter.
Glass Onion and Our Culture’s Envy of Virtue
At bottom, the problem with Johnson’s clumsy satire “Glass Onion” is that it is hampered by envy.
Raising Children in an Anti-Child World
There is a growing childfree movement comprised of people who intentionally choose never to welcome children. Often people mistakenly see their own laziness and selfishness as very important aspects of their person that are worthy of protection and cultivation.
Catholic and Going to College? Get a Spouse in Addition to a Degree
Marrying a college sweetheart does not inoculate you against serious disorders, heartaches, and, of course, the evil of divorce. But it can contribute positively to a life well-lived in many ways.
From Fad to Lifestyle: The Practice of Fasting
If you have not seen a friend or family member for the better part of a decade, the assumption is that, when you do meet, you’ll notice that you’ve both added a pound (or five) for every year of absence. If you did not gain weight in the interim, blunt relatives demand, “How do you … Read more
Scrooge and the Economics of Abortion
Far from the rallying cry of “safe, legal, and rare,” advocates for abortion today claim that abortion is a social good and a necessary condition to ensure women’s success.
She-Hulk Shows Why Feminism Is Not the Answer
Half a century of mass-market feminism and women’s so-called empowerment has not made women happier
How Homeschoolers Became the Normal Kids
What children stand to gain in home education is the ability to be real children, innocent and not yet deformed by antisocial technology.
Social Media Makes Us Miserable
And I have known the eyes already, known them all— The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase, And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin, When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, Then how should I begin To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways? And how … Read more