“I did all the things,” said Carli, mom of four grown children who have stopped practicing the Catholic faith. “We went to Mass as a family. “We sacrificed to send them to Catholic school. They went to youth group. We did everything we thought we were supposed to do. What happened?” It’s one of the Read more
A study of Catholic families has found just 15 percent of US adults who were raised Catholic remained practising Catholics, attending weekly Mass into adulthood. That’s the negative news. There’s better news though. It results from a new study that questions why some Catholics continue to practise their faith and attend weekly Masses. Data from Read more
If people are providing a ministry to families, they must make sure they actually know what the families need, Pope Francis says. The Catholic Church cannot claim to safeguard marriage and family life if it simply repeats its traditional teaching without supporting, encouraging and caring for real families. This is especially when families are struggling Read more