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This talk by a FSSP priest contains much food for thought and had me oscillating between tears of laughter and tears of sad recognition: an...

“No school today for this lot?” The woman behind the counter peers curiously at my children. “Nope,” I sigh, “not today, not any day...” and...

The story of Chiara Petrillo's selfless love for her unborn child and trust in God which led her to delay treatment for an aggres...

The excellent C atholic Family and Human Rights Institute has started a campaign to raise awareness of a "Family planning summit"...

While this blog is on a bit of a hiatus (in part as I recover from being thrown from my horse and with a bruised tailbone can't sit comf...

French Gypsies at Lourdes: Catholicism is part of their identity even though they may feel excluded from the mainstream Church (photo: Igl...

I first saw this suggested years ago on a Catholic email list and thought it was a lovely idea.  Think about it: somewhere in the world the...

Picture credit: A Catholic Notebook A post about Distinctive Catholic Markers on Father Ray Blake's blog got me thinking, not only abo...

I've always been uncomfortable with the "planning" aspect of so-called "Natural Family Planning". It struck me years...

I'm naturally more of a Mary, but God in his wisdom has given me a more Martha-like role to play.  I grew up a creature of the intelle...

This post isn't about NFP pros and cons, it's about whether political correctness or perhaps ignorance is making us approach ferti...