Family

Sleepwalking into eugenics

From Down’s syndrome screening to assisted suicide, modern Britain is embracing choices that previous generations would have recognised as eugenic

One in four Gen Z women may never have children, Irish study warns

A new Iona Institute paper forecasts that almost one in four Irish Gen Z women could reach 45 without having children if current trends continue

The Catholic Herald

Lola Salem on the domestic Upper Room

In an age of fragmentation and utility, how families might recover the older tradition of forming minds and souls at home

Cultural shifts are main driver of collapsing marriage rates

A new Heritage Foundation report argues that changing attitudes to sex, cohabitation and childbearing have done more than economics to weaken marriage in America

The new industrial revolution is already here

The information age is reshaping rural America in ways that echo the early Industrial Revolution, concentrating wealth while hollowing out communities

Why Catholics need to build a more attractive culture

Catholics are often effective at critiquing modern culture, but less confident in creating an attractive alternative rooted in beauty, truth and goodness

Why imperfect family prayer may be the most honest kind

Family prayer is rarely neat or uninterrupted, but it can teach parents a deeper kind of trust

Cardinal Farrell urges new pastoral effort as baptisms and marriages fall

The Vatican’s family prefect says priests must be formed to engage families more concretely

The Catholic Herald

Beyond eros: recovering the fuller meaning of love

Christianity offers a richer vision of love than modern culture’s fixation on romance, one rooted in friendship, sacrifice and willing the good of the other

Published Vatican letter rebukes German bishops over same-sex blessings

A newly published letter shows that the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith warned German bishops against blessings for same-sex couples