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Hurricane Laura made me evacuate my home at 9-months pregnant. I’m still trusting God.
On Saturday we thought we’d see a little bit of rain this week. My husband mowed the lawn. On Sunday, I placed an extra grocery order for the week, just to make sure we’d have fruit and milk for the week. The radar was showing a storm headed our way, but it didn’t look too terrible just... Read more -
Poly Parenting and the Value of the Family
Our society’s ongoing mainstreaming of “poly” relationships continues apace, if the New York Times is any indication. Two weeks after exploring the difficulties of polyamorous parenting, Debora Spar has penned an op-ed touting new developments in reproductive... Read more -
Who Was Susan B. Anthony?
Suffragette Susan B. Anthony would not take “No” for an answer. In November 1872, despite a discriminatory law that denied women the right to vote, Anthony cast her ballot for president of the United States. Anthony believed that the Constitution already guaranteed women’s right to vote... Read more -
Coronavirus ‘baby bust’ could be worse than expected
Amid steady forecasts of demographic decline, one economics professor told CNA that a COVID-related “baby bust” could be worse than people predicted. A Brookings Institution report published in June said that the economic shock caused by the coronavirus, combined with the social effects... Read more -
Mayor Pete at Notre Dame
In late June the University of Notre Dame announced that Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend and sometime 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, had been named a 2020-21 faculty fellow at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS). Meghan Sullivan, a professor of... Read more -
Like Son, Like Father: Priests Share Bonds of Family, Vocation
Before newly-ordained Father Peter Infanger said his Mass of thanksgiving this Father’s Day, his biological son, Father Andrew Infanger, who concelebrated with him at St. Matthew Church in Glendale Heights, Illinois, told his father jokingly that he wasn’t allowed to take notes on his... Read more -
Former Cosmo writer: “I wrote this book as an act of atonement.”
Definition of word feminism in dictionary Over the last 60 years or so, the “sexual revolution” has transformed nearly every aspect of American society. Propaganda for the sexual revolution flowed from the pages of such publications as Cosmopolitan, where a young journalist named Sue... Read more -
For the First Time, Courage Apostolate Publishes Chaplain’s Handbook Online
The Catholic apostolate Courage has published online the latest edition of its chaplain’s handbook to better help clergy and others ministering to people with same-sex attractions and their families. “Since we believe that the handbook can be helpful to many people involved in ministry,... Read more -
The Wisdom of Humanae Vitae: Time Has Proved Where Wisdom Lay
Editor's note: This piece was originally written in for the 40th anniversary of Humane Vitae. A generation has passed since the publication of the boldly pastoral and prophetic encyclical Humanae Vitae which upheld the ancient ban on the use of artificial contraception. Perhaps no... Read more -
Priest performs socially distanced mass for his grandmother outside window of her care home
Father Anthony Ferguson was determined to make his grandma’s 98th birthday one to remember. What would have been a day likely spent in the company of her immediate family ended up being significantly curtailed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Like many... Read more