The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:16:58 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Discussion of family back on the table /opinion/guest-columnists/item/37263-discussion-of-family-back-on-the-table /opinion/guest-columnists/item/37263-discussion-of-family-back-on-the-table

Discussions of family size have increased in political and religious discourse as North American birth rates hit historic lows. Catherine Pakaluk, an economist and associate professor at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., recently authored HannahƵapp Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth.

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osvnews@catholicregister.org (Ƶapp News) Guest Columns Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:28:44 -0400
Editorial: An Easter people will triumph /columns/item/36594-editorial-an-easter-people-will-triumph /columns/item/36594-editorial-an-easter-people-will-triumph

Yet another media story slides by portending discouragement of the Faith in a political atmosphere that sometimes seems concocted to deny breath to religious belief.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 28 Mar 2024 08:49:12 -0400
Verbatim: Statement of Dublin Archbishop Dermot Farrell prior to the votes on IrelandƵapp constitution /opinion/verbatim/item/36549-verbatim-statement-of-dublin-archbishop-dermot-farrell-prior-to-the-votes-on-ireland-s-constitution /opinion/verbatim/item/36549-verbatim-statement-of-dublin-archbishop-dermot-farrell-prior-to-the-votes-on-ireland-s-constitution

Statement of Dublin Archbishop Dermot Farrell prior to the votes on IrelandƵapp constitution that rejected proposed changes to marriage and family life.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Verbatim Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:39:17 -0400
Editorial: Irish choose common sense /columns/item/36547-editorial-irish-choose-common-sense /columns/item/36547-editorial-irish-choose-common-sense

St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland falls into the category of beloved mythology — unless you happen to be a snake, in which case you might have a lower estimate of it.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:25:06 -0400
Irish voters resoundingly reject proposals to redefine family, undermine motherhood /home/international/item/36531-irish-voters-resoundingly-reject-proposals-to-redefine-family-undermine-motherhood /home/international/item/36531-irish-voters-resoundingly-reject-proposals-to-redefine-family-undermine-motherhood

The Irish prime minister, known as the Taoiseach, has conceded that his government was defeated "comprehensively" when voters rejected amendments to the constitution that the country's bishops warned would have weakened supports for marriage and undermined motherhood.

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International Mon, 11 Mar 2024 09:33:43 -0400
Toddling off the population cliff /opinion/columnists/item/36432-toddling-off-the-population-cliff /opinion/columnists/item/36432-toddling-off-the-population-cliff

Saying the family is the basic building block of society was once a “motherhood and apple pie” sentiment. Motherhood and apple pie, being, of course, a cliché alluding to all that is both normal and good. We need a new cliché. Today motherhood itself is no longer “motherhood and apple pie.” 

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amrozek@catholicregister.org (Andrea Mrozek) Register Columnists Thu, 08 Feb 2024 10:36:39 -0500
Proposed referendum for Irish Constitution calls for widening the definition of family /home/international/item/36203-proposed-referendum-for-irish-constitution-calls-for-widening-the-definition-of-family /home/international/item/36203-proposed-referendum-for-irish-constitution-calls-for-widening-the-definition-of-family

A pro-family campaign group has warned that a proposed March referendum in Ireland to amend the country's constitution would be a "further downgrading of the importance of marriage to society."

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International Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:45:57 -0500
Find grace and joy in riding the waves /opinion/columnists/item/35820-find-grace-and-joy-in-riding-the-waves /opinion/columnists/item/35820-find-grace-and-joy-in-riding-the-waves

Every summer, I wait and hope for our plans to cooperate with the weather and give us a day or two on the lake with my parents’ beautiful boat. We need the sunshine to keep us warm enough and the wind to stay mild enough that we can pull the tube behind the boat. The driver and the wind work together to make waves, and the riders delight at the efforts to stay on or fall in. On these rare and perfect days, I might be the biggest kid of all.

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lperrault@catholicregister.org (Leah Perrault) Register Columnists Fri, 25 Aug 2023 09:55:44 -0400
It's unfair, humiliating if only the rich can build a family, Pope Francis says /faith/item/35539-it-s-unfair-humiliating-if-only-the-rich-can-build-a-family-pope-francis-says /faith/item/35539-it-s-unfair-humiliating-if-only-the-rich-can-build-a-family-pope-francis-says

Starting a family and having children has become a kind of herculean task when instead it should be valued and supported by everyone, Pope Francis said at a meeting in Rome on Italy's severe decline in population growth.

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Faith Fri, 12 May 2023 11:17:05 -0400
Two-parent family numbers stabilize in Canada /item/35365-two-parent-family-numbers-stabilize-in-canada /item/35365-two-parent-family-numbers-stabilize-in-canada

Sixty per cent of Canadian children are being raised in homes with married parents, a new study has found, a number that has stayed steady since 2016 after years of decline.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:25:27 -0400