Holy Families = Vocations
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, August 31, 2009 12:53 PM
Speaking at yesterday’s Angelus prayers in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI emphasized the crucial role parents play in fostering vocations.
And as this Rome Reports video notes, he held up St. Monica, who made the conversion of her son St. Augustine her central objective in life, as an example of the influence dedicated parents can play in the spiritual lives of their children.
Filed under benedict xvi, family, st. monica, vocations
Is Having Children Criminal?
Posted by Tim Drake
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 10:56 AM
If you follow the logic of some scientists and environmentalists, the answer to that question appears to be a resounding “yes.”
Yahoo’s unnamed LiveScience staff has posted the article “Save the Planet: Have Fewer Kids.”
According to the article, a study by statisticians at Oregon State University concluded that in the U.S. the carbon legacy and greenhouse gas impact of an extra child is almost... READ MORE
Filed under children, environmentalism, family, global warming, population control
Timeless Family Values
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 12:25 PM
Scene from the movie '10,000 B.C.'
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that, “The family is the original cell of social life.”
And as regularly happens with respect to Church teachings about the nature of man, new scientific evidence has confirmed this truth — that the one-woman, one-man family has always been the basic social unit of humanity.
“New genetic and chemical analyses of 4600-year-old burials in... READ MORE
Filed under anthropology, family, marriage
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