Pope approves new Vatican department for the Laity, Family, and Life
Ann Schneible Vatican City, Jun 4, 2016 / 11:43 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has approved the institution of a new Vatican department dedicated to the family, the laity, and life. According to a set of statutes released Saturday, the new department will promote “the pastoral care of the family, maintain the dignity and basic good of the Sacrament of marriage, favor the rights and responsibilities of the Church in civil society.” This will be so “that the family institution may always fulfill its proper functions both within the Church and society.” The Vatican department – which is also known…
Why young Christians can’t grasp our arguments against gay ‘marriage’
May 28, 2015 (BreakPoint.org) — For five years, Dr. Abigail Rine has been teaching a course on gender theory at George Fox University, an evangelical school in the Quaker tradition. At the beginning of the semester, she tells her students that “they are guaranteed to read something they will find disagreeable, probably even offensive.” Writing at FirstThings.com recently, she related how five years ago it was easy to find readings that challenged and even offended the evangelical college students “considering the secular bent of contemporary gender studies.” But today, things are different. “Students now,” she says, “arrive in my class thoroughly…
DIVORCE … Why Not?
by: Rosie Luistro Founding President (currently in the Board of Advisers) Alliance for the Family Foundation Philippines, Inc. (ALFI) May 2015 1. Divorce in the Philippines is not legal but it looks like there are more couples getting an annulment. Isn’t this enough reason to legalize divorce? The increasing numbers may be due to a greater awareness of this procedure than before. We get to know more about annulments or separations today especially if they involve movie or society personalities. The media loves to elaborate on the details…
Where the Winds Blow
Finally, after so much speculation and days of waiting and trepidation on the Synod, the bishops decided to uphold the teaching and Tradition of the Catholic Church. All that talk about ‘welcoming gays’ into the Church (as if they were rejected in the first place), also billed as the “winds of change” that shook the media world into a frenzy, died down with a whimper. Those old men with robes are still holding on to archaic and medieval beliefs. The conservatives breathe a sigh of relief, and the liberals are still frothing in the mouth. Let’s read it straight from…
FAMILY AND MARRIAGE
012 LISTS OF BOOKS ON FAMILY AND MARRIAGE CODE TITLE AUTHOR/S PUBLISHER SYNOPSIS 012 – A Looking at Adoption Jim & Ann Pierson Loving & Caring Inc., 1997 This book has been created from experience. The House of Creation is a maternity home which was founded in 1973 to care for women in crisis. Many at the House of the Creation have walked through an adoption experience, and it is their experiences and lives that have made this book live. 012 – B The Journey of Adoption Ann Pierson Loving & Caring Inc., 1997 A Post Adoption Workbook To Help…
