The Pope, the Prime Minister, and the Elephant in the Room
Pope Francis and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni agree that birth rates need to increase, but why do they ignore the need to increase marriage rates?
Is Sexual Activity Among Young Catholic Singles Declining?
Sexual activity among Catholic young people has declined but only partially and not to a degree that should give us much comfort.
Doomed to Marry Beneath Them? Marriage and the Gender Gap in College Education
The Wall Street Journal recently published a powerful article on the large and growing gap between the numbers of men and women enrolled in American colleges and universities. Enrollments have declined steeply in recent years, but they have declined much more among males than females. Only 40 percent of current college students are males. The … Read more
The Alarming Fertility Decline Among American Catholic Women
It is no secret that birth rates have been plummeting in developed countries worldwide for the past several decades. Even a BBC headline referred to this global baby crash as “jaw dropping.” The United States is no exception. After rebounding a bit between 1997 and 2007, the birth rate has dropped steadily—4 percent just between … Read more
Young American Catholics and the Normalization of Lesbian and Gay Sexuality
In recent years we have witnessed the rise of two national political leaders—Joseph Biden and Nancy Pelosi—who claim to be devout Catholics while actively promoting radical pro-abortion and pro-LGBT agendas. This has brought into sharp relief the growing disparity between two thousand years of unvarying Church teaching on these issues against the opinions of large … Read more