A reader writes: “Wasn’t Mary a surrogate mother? Did she not bear a son for someone other than her husband, Joseph? Jesus was the Son of God. Was he not conceived by artificial insemination? She didn’t have intercourse with anyone. … I
DUBLIN (OSV News) -- Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has conceded that his government was defeated "comprehensively" when voters rejected amendments to the constitution that the country's Catholic bishops warned would have weakened supports for marriage and undermined motherhood. Opinion polls showed
Talitha Cere is the foundress of Momentum, a ministry for Catholic single mothers. Cere got married in 2018 but, for 14 years before that, she was a single mother to her son. During this time, she was involved in the Catholic community
The summer blockbuster “Barbie” has earned more than $774 million at the box office. The film has everyone talking about feminism. In her provocative new book, “The End of Woman,” expert author Carrie Gress challenges the impact of feminism, an ideology that
“When I was about 12 weeks pregnant with my first baby back in 2016, I cried in my husband’s arms, knowing that my lifelong desire of being a stay-at-home mom with kids was not in God’s plan for our lives,” writes Gretchen
Mother's Day is upon us once more. The yearly celebration is marked by bouquets of strangled dandelions held closely by chubby little fists, colorful cards of crayon and construction paper, singing your praises as the best pancake maker and storyteller in the
Outside of the Virgin Mary, the woman with perhaps the greatest insights into motherhood was never pregnant, never bore a child and never nursed an infant. She helped no toddlers to walk, bandaged no bruised knees, nursed no child of her own
Take a moment this Mother's Day to reflect on these inspiring quotes in praise of mothers and motherhood!
Today, Good Counsel operates four homes -- three in New York State, one in New Jersey -- and to-date has helped more than 8,200 mothers and children, with over 1,300 babies born to mothers at its residences. In addition, the nonprofit has
Each year during Mass on the second Sunday of May, in parishes across the country, priests mark the celebration of Mother’s Day by asking all of the mothers in the church to rise to their feet as they read from the Book