Children & Family

What does it mean to be a Catholic family in today’s world? Just in time for the visit of Pope Francis to the World Meeting of Families, Father Rob...

Maybe you've heard of Pope John Paul II's theology of the body and wondered, vaguely, what it's all about. Maybe you've never heard of it until now...

More than ever, if you have children, parenting with purpose is required. In a world where children are bombarded with conflicting messages, both m...

Marriage is not a mere social convention or an "inferior" way of following Christ, but truly a vocation. Rather than providing obstacles to spiritu...

West strives to respond to the sincere, pointed questions he hears from those he encounters in his speaking and teaching with sincere, direct, and ...

In this profound yet practical guide, Genevieve Kineke invites women to consider the Church, the Bride of Christ, as the model for authentic Cathol...

Starting from the premise that God blesses all marriages, Father Hater offers a pastoral approach to dealing with the difficulties Catholics face i...

If you asked the average Catholic to list 10 tips to build a better marriage, chances are Natural Family Planning (NFP) would not make the cut. Mos...

In 1960, Fr. Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) published a philosophy of personalistic marriage, in which each partner prioritizes the well-being a...

Pete and Repeat is a two-panel cartoon that has appeared in St. Anthony Messenger magazine since the 1960s. The first cartoon in a panel presents a...

The author, a diocesan director of marriage and family life, answers the questions about human sexuality and marriage that he always encounters in ...