Marriage & Family

Susan G Komen for the Cure grants to Planned Parenthood totaled roughly $680,000 last year and $580,000 the year before, going to at least 19 of its affiliates.

Nation's leading breast-cancer charity halts partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 2/1/2012

Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the nation's leading breast-cancer charity has halted its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates. The change will mean a cutoff of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants. The end of support for the largest abortion provider in the nation has earned the ...

When one submits to their partner and the will of God, they build a lasting union on a foundation of love

Guest Reflection: In Christian Marriage, True Submission Means True Success

By Dan Shea • Catholic Online • 1/27/2012

Few consider the power of submission; it is a simple, voluntary yielding done out of love for someone or something. An athlete voluntarily submits to the agony of training and competition. In his pain, he is united with his fellow competitors as they strive to meet their goals. ...

Early Fresco of the Visitation of Mary with Elizabeth

Catholic Social Teaching: The Family, Gift and Sanctuary of Life

By Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq. • Catholic Online • 1/17/2012

Every child born to a family is a gift and a benefit not only to his or her mother, father, brothers or sisters, but also to the entire community into which he or she is born. The family is the temple where the flame of life is transmitted. It is a temple dedicated to the Lord of ...

Stress happens when people perceive that the demands they face exceed their ability to cope. Some stress on occasion can be beneficial because it produces a boost that can fuel the drive and energy to get through tough situations.

Survey: Women really are more in touch with their feelings

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 1/14/2012

There's a popular stereotype that women are far more upfront about their feelings than men. According to the American Psychological Association's annual Stress in America survey, that's been proven to be scientifically true. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Women have historically reported ...

The scruffy brigades of the Occupy Wall Street movement - composed of the homeless, activists and just plain disgruntled American public - have made a significant impact on the national psyche.

Americans growing increasingly aware of class conflict

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 1/12/2012

The scruffy brigades of the Occupy Wall Street movement - composed of the homeless, activists and just plain disgruntled American public - have made a significant impact on the national psyche. According to recent polls, Americans are seeing an increasing divide among the population rich ...

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Feast of the Holy Family: Learning to Love, Pray and Live in the School of Nazareth

By Deacon Keith Fournier • Catholic Online • 1/1/2012

Jesus spent 30 of his 33 earthly years in Nazareth. Some spiritual writers have called these the 'hidden years', because there is so little written about them in the Gospel narratives. However, they reveal the holiness of ordinary life and show us how it becomes extraordinary for those baptized ...

Similar personhood measures are ongoing in the state of Mississippi and elsewhere.

Nevada personhood ballot measure rewritten by Judge

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 12/21/2011

A district judge ruled that Nevada's personhood ballot measure was misleading to voters. The judge has rewritten the initiative. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - As filed by the Nevada Prolife Coalition, the personhood initiative would amend the state constitution to protect "the ...

The age of first marriages has climbed to a record high of 26.5 for brides and 28.7 for grooms, Pew reports.

Fewer Americans found to be tying the knot

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 12/14/2011

Far fewer Americans are jumping the broom, tying the knot, getting' hitched. A new study has found the institution of marriage is becoming far less popular in the United States, and those who do marry are putting it off far longer than their predecessors who marched up the aisle. LOS ANGELES, CA ...

'The semen is provided fresh (unfrozen) and is transferred immediately to the recipient,' Brent Arsenault says. 'Health of the mother and child is my utmost concern.'

Sperm donor who fathered 14 children ordered to cease and desist

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 12/9/2011

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration have ordered a Fremont, California man who has fathered 14 children via sperm donation to cease and desist. The FDA says that 36-year-old Brent Arsenault is breaking the law, and is acting as a "manufacturer of human cells." LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic ...

The nation's health secretary has prevented the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius decided that young girls shouldn't be able to buy the pregnancy terminating drug on their own.

'Morning-after' pill will not be over-the-counter

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 12/8/2011

The nation's health secretary has prevented the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius decided that young girls shouldn't be able to buy the pregnancy terminating drug on their own. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The ...