Marriage & Family

By Nathan Kreider, Catholic Exchange - One of the common questions young men are asking today is, “is marriage worth it?” There are countless articles and videos all across the internet arguing that it’s not (or at the very least, that tremendous caution should be taken before entering into it)... This isn’t the place for thoroughly contextualizing some of the statistics regarding happiness, fulfillment, infidelity, and divorce. This is partly because this has already been done elsewhere, but also because the statistics can only say so much. ...

By Mark Haas, Crisis Magazine - Elon Musk may not share the Church’s theological foundations, but his warnings point toward the same reality. A civilization that stops having children has chosen against its own future. In the words of St. John Paul II: “A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the children who are the hope of the future.” The fertility crisis is not only an economic issue but a moral and spiritual one. And here, as so often, the Catholic Church’s perennial wisdom proves both timely and timeless: be open to life, trust in God, and rediscover the joy of the family.

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International - Imagine, for a moment, that one day you are going about your business, and you receive a message, on Instagram, from a journalist... The journalist has a question for you: How do you feel about the fact that you have just been charged with a crime that could land you in prison, for 10-25 years?... Now, imagine that this is the very first time that you have even heard about these charges. And then, imagine that the crime for which you are being charged is that you once called a man…a man... This is the Orwellian, but very real situation that a Brazilian woman found herself in three years ago.