The Joy of Love – summary

The following summary of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia on Love in the Family has been published by Vatican Radio. It is not by chance that Amoris Laetitia (AL), “The Joy of […]

The Value of Marriage and Family

Christians . .  should actively promote the value of marriage and the family. “Christians, redeeming the present time and distinguishing eternal realities from their changing expressions, should actively promote the […]

Giving and Receiving Forgiveness in the Family

We cannot live without forgiving one another, or at least we cannot live well, especially in the family. Every day we wrong one another. … What we are asked, however, […]

Pope Francis on Praying as a Family

We all know how important prayer is, yet it seems so difficult to find time for it. Pope Francis has been appealing to parents to give time and attention to […]

Parent Teachers

The Importance of Parent Teachers by Michael McGrath This article first appeared in the Scottish Catholic Observer on 4th April 2014. In almost 40 years of my professional life in […]

Shining the Light of Faith

This article first appeared in the Scottish Catholic Observer on 21st February 2014 to mark the start of Catholic Education Week. Education is all about shedding light on things that […]

Responding as Missionary Disciples

This article first appeared in the Scottish Catholic Observer on 7th February 2014. Did you know that Catholics in Scotland belong to “an outpost of a foreign power – the […]

Can you give your heart?

This article first appeared in the Scottish Catholic Observer in January 2014. As I write this article in the days before Christmas 2013, I am caught up as usual in […]

Parents, be the first witnesses of the faith

This is an excerpt of an address given by Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday 2nd July 2011 to a group of pilgrims from the Italian Diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti.  […]

Dangerous Messages

Report Calls for Defense of Young People Sexualized images and media messages pushing licentious behavior are a threat to young people, says a report published by the U.K.’s Home Office.  […]

Relativism: The Erosion of Human Rights

Benedict XVI Recalls Importance of Marriage and Family By William Newton TRUMAU, Austria, FEB. 24, 2010 (Zenit.org).- In his Feb. 8 address to the Pontifical Council for the Family, Benedict […]

Dreams of wedded bliss not dead

Zenit reports that the aspiration to walk down the aisle to marry the man or woman of one’s dreams continues to be a very common one, even though the growing […]

The Facts Behind Cohabitation

Families have changed in the last several decades. Instead of getting married, many people are living together or ‘cohabiting’. Some of these cohabitating couples eventually get married. Many of them […]

Does Marriage Matter?

Marriage is not as widespread as it used to be, but it is still an ideal to which most people aspire, and it still provides the surest foundation for strong […]

A parent's duty to form personality

The duty of parents toward their children is tersely expressed in a short phrase relating to the primary purpose of marriage — “the education of children.” The duty is certainly […]

Just give your kids some time

Turn off the TV. Forget Facebook. Just give your kids some time In our increasingly fractured lives, is it a surprise the happiest families are those you see playing together? […]