Pope Francis: 2022 World Meeting of Families will include local gatherings
Pope Francis called for local gatherings to be held across the globe at the same time as next year’s World Meeting of Families in Rome. “At past...
Category: Family
Becoming My Father
In a time of social and political uncertainty, Imelda Diouf draws from lessons from her father. I’ve become my father! My father was born in 1930. That...
Pope: The Myth that only Money, Success Matter is Gangrene for a Nation
By Carol Glatz – If families are not the priority of the present, there will be no future, Pope Francis said as he opened a meeting in...
Family Portraits: Sometimes Messy, But Grace-Filled
By Cindy Wooden – Sometimes the Catholic Church has “proposed a far too abstract and almost artificial theological ideal of marriage, far removed from the concrete situations...
Why Families are the Economy’s Building Block
In all the talk about economic policies, the family is usually ignored. Yet, it is the family that should be a basis for economic development, argues IMELDA DIOUF....
Pope Francis Announces Year Dedicated to the Family
Pope Francis announced Sunday a special year dedicated to the family, marking the fifth anniversary of the publication of his apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia. In his Angelus...
Now Is The Time To Focus On Families
Now that the worst of the coronavirus crisis seems to be behind us, it’s time to place a focus on families, argues IMELDA DIOUF. Congratulating ourselves...
SA Pastoral Survey Points To Need To Support Family
The Sekwele Centre for Family Studies, based in Bethlehem, Free State, conducted its brief online survey under the theme “Family and Pastoral Plans” to assess participation and...
Pray With the Pope: July 2020
Pope’s Universal Prayer Intention: That today’s families may be accompanied with love, respect and guidance. The great value of family connections As a great-uncle, I watch the...
Back to the Basics Now!
Go back to your households, your homes, your families. Go back to the place of resilience, of strength, of support—or possibly go back to the place of...
Love Is No Victory March
New start, fresh perspectives and yet some things stayed the same. As always, on school days a woman accompanies her children on a 3km uphill journey. I’ve...
Pope: Put the Phone Away and Talk to Each Other
By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis prayed that people all over the world would end 2019 “in peace, peace in their hearts,” and that families would mark...
