A new tool is available for home use around meals to encourage conversations about faith.
New resource ‘Becoming Eucharist’ encourages mealtime conversations
Jack Lawlis: COVID-19 magnifies the crisis of the family
“Our families have emerged as many people’s primary community during the COVID-19 pandemic. This fits the family’s natural role in society, but the change has not been easy. Many families have experienced new challenges amid COVID-19.”
The biggest challenge our country faces today
Our families are facing some challenges that were hardly imagined by previous generations.
Families called to share joy, love, life with the world, pope says
In a stadium of Catholic families from around the world, Pope Francis told the laypeople they are the vast majority of church members and that, without them, the church would be cold, a collection of statues.
Loving families are central to bringing joy, mercy to world, pope says
The pope’s reflection was part of a letter to Cardinal Kevin Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, which is helping plan the World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Aug. 21-26, 2018.
Michael Novak, noted theologian, philosopher and author, dies at 83
Michael Novak, a Catholic philosopher, theologian and author who was highly regarded for his religious scholarship and intellectual independence, died Feb. 17 at his home in Washington. He was 83.
‘It makes you weep,’ pope says of refugees’ stories
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM GREECE (CNS) — When an aide suggested Pope Francis offer to fly some Syrian refugees back to Rome with him, he […]