House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announce a bipartisan, bicameral tax framework including an enhanced Child Tax Credit.
It's no longer as simple as a sleigh ride through the woods to join the whole family at grandma's for Christmas Day. Nevertheless, many of us make a trek, sometimes several times annually, to celebrate our holidays together. These days, we battle
A pro-family campaign group has warned that a proposed March referendum in Ireland to amend the country's constitution would be a "further downgrading of the importance of marriage to society."
The Irish government announced Dec. 5 that it intended to ask the people
Every year around holiday time kids' behavior disintegrates. Visiting with relatives is always the worst part. The kids are overstimulated at one house, then bored at another. Around the holidays they seem to morph into whiny, greedy little monsters. Is there a
As Advent approaches, Scott Richert reflects on the example of his mother, who passed away in early November. Richert writes: “When my sisters and I were young, my mother would spend all of Advent baking cookies and making candy. … But my
For Emily Stimpson Chapman, an adoptive mother of three, adoption reflects God’s relationship with humanity. “God calls us as children by adoption, so adoptive families are an image of God’s relationship with the human race,” the Catholic wife, mother and writer said.
(OSV News) — When Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly, leader of more than 2 million Knights of Columbus members worldwide, met with Pope Francis at the Vatican in April, he shared an insight about the era in which the organization’s founder, Blessed Father
Karen and Kevin Beaton have lived through the loss of two of their six children. Independent tragic circumstances claimed the lives of their five-year-old daughter, Christine, in 1982 and their adult son, Colin, in 2018 at the age of 31. "In my
The annual tradition of gathering at our parents' grave in our hometown is both heartwarming and thought-provoking. As my far-flung siblings and I convene writes Simcha Fisher, we offer a rosary, engaging in deep chats and stirring reminiscences. Last year, she initiated
Back in 2015, newly engaged, I signed on the dotted line (and initialed about 135 times) before departing from the cozy conference room with a new-to-me house. Before I left, the former owner looked at me and said, “What are you going