Alternatives such as those offered by Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction in Omaha don’t work for every couple. And in vitro...
Relationships
Explore U.S. Catholic articles on relationships—insights, reflections, and guidance for building healthy connections in family, friendships, and community.
Desperate to become parents, some Catholics are looking at science to help them conceive—despite church teaching against the process. When Erik Zimmerman comes...
Does the consumer culture affect marriage? Yes and it’s devastating, says family therapist William Doherty. Marriage is becoming a lifestyle with a...
Careers, children, cohabitation—this isn’t your parents’ path to the altar. Emily Barnak remembers a term that one of her cousins devised years ago to refer to...
Catholics should find a way to welcome couples whose paths to the altar don't go straight down the center aisle. Full disclosure: I hate weddings...
When I bought her the valentine, she smiled, but I knew the card was more for me than her. She didn't really know what it said. I read the...
Mary Sue Williams and Cathy Miettunen lived just a few blocks apart in a tree-lined, middle-class neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota when both went through...
If you're a current college student, chances are Facebook.com is the homepage on your laptop. Which means you're spending way more time...
Faith can mean the difference between life and death for victims of domestic violence. Geri had been married for several years to a solid, hard-working man...
Can Catholics find their soul mates in cyberspace? It looked like a snapshot from ABC’s The Bachelor: A doctor with dimples in his cheeks and...
