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Marital commitment and love: Dynamically bonded

Jun 03, 2016

No doubt about it, the commitment a wife and husband make to each other is essential at the start of a lasting marriage.
Food for Thought

May 26, 2016

Jesuit Father James Martin wrote on April 8, 2016, for America magazine about the "Top Ten Takeaways from 'Amoris Laetitia,'" the papal document on the family.
Scripture in the papal exhortation on families

May 26, 2016

Pope Francis' recent apostolic exhortation "Amoris Laetitia," or "The Joy of Love," is the result of the work developed at the two synods on the family that were held at the Vatican in 2014 and 2015.
‘The Joy of Love’: Meeting today’s families

May 26, 2016

"No family drops down from heaven perfectly formed; families need constantly to grow and mature in the ability to love," Pope Francis writes in a major new document titled "The Joy of Love."
Food for Thought

May 20, 2016

Although the Catholic Church has an official list of virtues in the catechism, church leaders occasionally borrow some of them to emphasize certain desirable qualities, but also add to the list to help us live a life that follows the example of Christ.
Virtue in Scripture

May 20, 2016

The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us about virtues, defined as a "habitual and firm disposition to do the good. ... The moral virtues are acquired through human effort aided by God's grace; the theological virtues are gifts of God."
Why should we strive for a life of virtue?

May 20, 2016

Pope Gregory the Great once said, "The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue.
Women deacons the solution to priestly power problem?

May 20, 2016

Would the Vatican have a woman Secretary of State? Could it? Not long ago, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin suggested there is nothing inherently clerical about his job.
How to be a pilgrim in Rome during the Jubilee of Mercy

May 13, 2016

This post reports some considerations for pilgrims to Rome during this Extraordinary Jubilee for the Year of Mercy.
After Amoris Laetitia, what’s next?

May 13, 2016

There may be the reaction to Pope Francis statements in The Joy of Love.