CNSNews Service Report: These “dramatic changes in childbearing,” the report states, results in dramatic statistics about American children. Among them, 48 percent of first births are by unwed mothers, and by age 30 two-thirds of American women have had a … Continue reading
Category: Marriage and Family
Obama Administration Files Amicus Brief to Mock Marriage
Catholic Online: On February 28, 2013, the Department of Justice of the Obama Administration filed what is called a Friend of the Court or Amicus Brief in the case styled Hollingsworth v Perry.It should have come as no surprise to … Continue reading
In Appeal: US High Court Denying Asylum to German Homeschool Family
LifeSite News: Michael Farris, J.D., LL.M The Supreme Court of Germany declared that the purpose of the German ban on homeschooling was to “counteract the development of religious and philosophically motivated parallel societies.” Having immersed myself for about eight days in writing a … Continue reading
Socialist Politician Says Spanish Bishop Should Be ‘Muzzled’
CNA: A socialist government official in Andalusia, Spain, called for a local Catholic bishop to be “muzzled” for arguing that men and women are both different and complementary. Full report is here.
Cardinal George Issues Pastoral Blasting Promoters of Same-Sex ‘Marriage’
Cardinal George: “Those who know that marriage is a union between a man and a woman for the sake of family will carry a social opprobrium that will make them unwelcome on most university faculties and on the editorial boards of … Continue reading
Western Decadence: Children a ‘Low-Reward, High-Investment Arrangement’
The American Conservative: In an unintentional contribution to the “fertility and decadence” debate provoked by Ross Douthat, the Frankfurter Allgemeiner Zeitung has a piece on Germany’s birthrate, which is among the lowest in the world. Here is a translation of the report, which is based on a … Continue reading
New Methods of Modern Oligarchs
The inhuman state we humans are living in at this point of history is getting clearer every day. It gets more and more obvious that the ruling elites are detached from the people they are ruling and that even these … Continue reading
Austrian Government Fining Visiting Homeschooling Families
Robert F. Cassidy writing for Crisis magazine has the story: For four families in Austria—named the “Gaming 4” after the city where they reside—it is also becoming more and more crucial in their legal fight to homeschool their children. Indeed, … Continue reading
‘We Are Worth It’! ‘No You’re Not’! Average Wedding Expense Today 26K
And before that there’s the “wedding shower.” Friends had a couple of wedding showers for my wife, so we are guilty of this as well. But the wedding was very frugal and the reception was totally a work of charity … Continue reading
Oh Shenandoah!
My wife and I have just returned from one of the most beautiful weddings I have ever attended. The bride looked so lovely and the groom was all smiles, all the time. As the Country Western song goes, “love was … Continue reading
Catholic Golden Glove Star Talks About Fatherhood
National Catholic Register: Mark Teixeira is widely known as one of the best all-around players in baseball. After being awarded the 2000 Dick Howser Trophy, college baseball’s equivalent of college football’s Heisman Trophy, he was taken in the first round … Continue reading