Posts Tagged ‘Single mother’

Child marriage: a 15 year old widowed mother

Monday, April 3rd, 2017

In the next 60 seconds, 28 girls will be married. Another 28 will be married in the minute after that. And then 28 more. And so on. Every year, 15 million children become wives. Young women who are actually still girls — but who already have a husband, and sometimes even a child: It is Read more

Pope congratulates single mother for respecting life

Friday, September 4th, 2015

Pope Francis has congratulated a single mother on her decision to give birth to two daughters, telling her not to be ashamed. The exchange took place during a video link up between the Pope and people from Chicago, Los Angeles and McAllen, Texas. Single mother Rosemary Farfan told the Pope she had made some mistakes Read more