By Susan Ciancio May 15 is the International Day of Families—a day founded in 1994 by the United Nations “to honor the importance of families”… Read More »8 Ways to Celebrate This Year’s International Day of Families
By Susan Ciancio On Thursday, May 8, 2025, Catholics around the world celebrated and rejoiced when the bells at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome rang… Read More »A New Pontificate Is Cause to Rejoice
By Susan Ciancio St. Damien of Molokai once said, “Turn all your thoughts and aspirations to heaven. Work hard to secure for yourself a place… Read More »Turn Your Thoughts to Heaven
By Judie Brown In 2008 the Vatican issued Dignitas Personae, which explains that “dignity belongs equally to every single human being, irrespective of his parents’… Read More »PRO-LIFE BASICS: The Dignity of the Human Person
By Fr. Jim Hewes A growing concern within the Catholic community is the disconnect between the Church’s teaching on abortion’s paramount importance and the actual… Read More »Abortion and the Catholic Response
By Susan Ciancio On May 1, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. The Vatican explains that Pope Pius XII officially… Read More »St. Joseph the Worker Inspires Pro-Life Work
By Susan Ciancio Catholics around the world are mourning the death of Pope Francis and anxiously awaiting the conclave that will bring us a new… Read More »Novena to Our Lady of Hope for a Courageous New Pontiff
By Susan Ciancio One of my favorite quotes from soon-to-be St. Carlo Acutis is that “all people are born as originals but many die as… Read More »Two Family-Friendly Ways to Explore the Life of Carlo Acutis
By Susan Ciancio “I have not met one person who loved Christ as a Christian but not as a Catholic, who when they heard this… Read More »The Eucharist: A Profound Encounter with Christ Himself
By John M. Grondelski This book is unusual. It has two forewords—one by Bishop Joseph Strickland and the other by Creighton University School of Medicine ethicist Charles Camosy.… Read More »REVIEW: Follow the Science
By Susan Ciancio Do you find it difficult to talk to your kids about serious topics? Are you confused about where to start, what to… Read More »Building a Pro-Life Foundation: Educating Children at Home
By Monsignor Charles Pope I once spent the afternoon taking part in a webinar focused on providing support, Church teaching, and information to families who… Read More »‘A Life Like Yours’: On the Dignity of the Disabled and the Call to Save Them from Abortion