A council of the French bishops’ conference says adult Catholic single people have been overlooked by the synod on the family. The bishops’ Family and Society Council is preparing an analysis of the situation of adult Catholics who are neither married nor in religious life. Bishop Luc Ravel, who founded a network for single Catholics, Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Family’
US cardinal gives advice for Catholics puzzled by Francis
Friday, March 6th, 2015An American cardinal has said Catholics should focus on Church teaching and not worry if they are confused by some of what Pope Francis says. Cardinal Raymond Burke, in an interview with the Rorate Caeli website, said Pope Francis himself doesn’t consider “Evangelii Gaudium” to be magisterial teaching. “I now say to people that, if Read more
Vatican questions before family synod called self-defeating
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015
An international Catholic reform network has denounced as self-defeating the official Vatican set of questions before October’s synod on the family. Catholic Church Reform International has created its own alternative 20-question survey which is open to Catholics worldwide. The reform network is made up of representatives of more than 100 groups in 65 countries. At Read more
Radical historian likes Francis’s soft power
Friday, February 27th, 2015
An eminent American historian has written that Pope Francis is making change in the Church by yielding his power. In an interview with Macleans.ca, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills said Francis hasn’t asserted his power and to do so would be a “weakening” thing for him. “Instead, he’s yielding power constantly,” Mr Wills said. “He’s Read more
Pope wants more space for women in Church leadership
Tuesday, February 10th, 2015Pope Francis has called for a more “incisive” presence of women in the leadership of the Catholic Church. In a speech to the Pontifical Council of Culture on February 7, the Pope said he was “convinced of the urgency of offering spaces for women in the Church and to welcome them”. Francis did not give Read more
Pope Francis: open resistance is ‘a good sign’
Tuesday, December 9th, 2014
Immediately after his election on 13 March 2013, Pope Francis told himself, “Jorge, do not change, continue being yourself, because to change at your age would be ridiculous.” He revealed this interesting personal detail in a wide-ranging 50 minute, exclusive interview with Elisabetta Piquè, for La Nacion, the main Argentine newspaper, published today, December 7 Read more
1 parent at home for first 3 years says retired family court judge
Friday, November 21st, 2014A retired judge says families need more financial support so that one parent can stay at home for the first three years of each child’s life. Graeme MacCormick, a Family Court judge for 16 years until 2005, has paid for full-page advertisements in the country’s four main newspapers yesterday and this weekend asking people to Read more
We can help you plan your divorce party
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014Estimates vary as to the proportion of marriages in the US that end in divorce but some analysts put it as high as half, So in 2012 Glynda Rhodes launched a new company – The Divorce Party Planner – and the business has boomed ever since, a situation mirrored at similar firms in Vegas and Read more
Why I did invite family and friends to my wedding
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
There’s an article doing the rounds on Social Media at the moment. It is titled “Why I Didn’t Invite Family Or Friends To My Wedding”. And that’s great. But here’s why I did invite family and friends (and lots of them, we come from big families) to my our wedding. After four years of dating, Read more
Booze cause of domestic violence – inquiry
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014Sir Owen Glenn’s report into child abuse and domestic violence has found that perpetrators associated their violence with alcohol and drug use. The study involved 26 people, almost all of them men, who had not been violent within the previous year. The report found most thought violence in the home was acceptable and that half Read more