Heirloom gown readied for third generation; interfaith couple tackles marriage prep; and a lifetime of 'I love you.'

Fr. Tad Pacholczyk
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A few years ago, I spoke with a young man preparing to get married. His aunt told him that she thought he and his fiancée were too financially strapped to have a child and that it wouldn't be fair … more
During a 2011 roundtable discussion on Fox News, guest commentator Jay Thomas argued that young people should not be too concerned when it comes to premarital sex, because nobody would choose to … more
Once I met a woman who had worked for years in fashion and modeling. Unsurprisingly, she was strikingly attractive. She was accompanied by her teenage daughter who, by contrast, was rather … more
Last month, an advisory committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta recommended that 9- to 12-year-old boys be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), a … more
Last month, an advisory committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta recommended that 9 to 12 year old boys be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), a … more
In a recent column, David O'Brien, the associate director of Religious Education for Lay Ministry in the Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama, recounts the story of Agnes and Jake, devout Catholics who … more
A recent news report chronicled a Chinese woman named Huang Yijun. Sixty years ago, her unborn child died, but the pregnancy was never expelled from her body. Instead, her baby’s body slowly began … more
A Catholic physician once related to me a powerful story about one of his patients, who had just received a diagnosis of advanced, metastatic cancer and had a relatively short time left to live. … more
People often surmise that same-sex attraction is inborn and that homosexuals are "naturally gay" or "born that way." They suppose that if God made them that way then it must not be a sin to act on … more
The Catholic Church has long acknowledged the role of the medical professional in declaring death. It is the proper competency of medicine, not theology, to identify reliable signs that death has … more