Marriage

In an age of convenience and consumption, the quiet discipline of labour offers a path towards service, sacrifice and human flourishing

Dominic Perrem

As communities weaken and families become more isolated, parents are increasingly asked to carry burdens that were once shared across a wider social world

Delphine Chui

At the heart of the Sturgeon-Murrell story lies not only a political scandal, but a cultural question about what marriage is for

Michael J Robinson

Ireland’s fertility rate has fallen well below replacement level, raising difficult questions about family formation, childlessness and the choices people are able to make

David Quinn

Governments across the developed world are searching for policy solutions to falling birth rates, but the crisis stems from a deeper failure to understand the purpose of womanhood

Patrick Neve

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

Thomas Colsy

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

Delphine Chui

New figures show a sharp decline in Catholic ceremonies alongside a rise in civil and alternative weddings

Ruadhan Jones

David Hahn makes the case for the married man, arguing that matrimony offers both the adventure and stability modern men are told it cannot

David Hahn

Many young adults still desire marriage, but weakened social structures, low confidence and digital habits have made dating far harder than older generations often realise

Delphine Chui