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Fatherless Families Growing in Number in Britain

Report Accuses Government of Neglect

Rome, (Zenit.org) Father John Flynn, LC | 686 hits

A report published this week by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), a British think-tank, warned that lone parent families will soon reach a total of two million. There is a “tsunami of family breakdown battering the country,” warned CSJ director Christian Guy in a foreword to the report, titled: “Fractured Fami...

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For Mother's Day: John Paul II's Reflections on Motherhood

From 1988 Apostolic Letter 'Mulieris Dignitatem'

Rome, (Zenit.org) | 2102 hits

In honor of Mother's Day, celebrated today in many parts of the world, and on Sunday for other countries, here is a text from No. 18 of John Paul II's 1988 Apostolic Letter "Mulieris …

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US Bishops: Delaware Passage of Same-Sex 'Marriage' Is Unjust

Archbishop Notes Children's Rights

Washington, D.C., (Zenit.org) Staff | 998 hits

"The Delaware Senate passed an unjust bill that attempts to redefine marriage," saidArchbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, chairman of the US bishops' Subcommittee for the …

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Breaking the Bonds of Biological Parenthood

Defense of Marriage Must Be Merged With Defense of Parenthood

Washington, D.C., (Zenit.org) Denise Hunnell, MD | 1575 hits

The push to redefine marriage to include relationships between same-sex couples is a movement to abolish the sociological connection between children and their biological parents. It is a …

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Holy See Refutes News Reports on Communion for 'Remarried-Divorced'

Pontifical Council for the Family Denies Preparing Document

Vatican City, (Zenit.org) Junno Arocho Esteves | 1281 hits

A recent news report stating that the Pontifical Council for the Family is working on a document on distributing Communion to divorced people who have sought to re-marry prompted a denial …

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Fathers in the "Golden Age" of Television

Pontifical University Hosts Congress the Role of Fatherhood in Modern TV Series

Rome, (Zenit.org) Ann Schneible | 1141 hits

The image of fatherhood in modern television is the theme of a two-day conference currently under way at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (PUSC). "The Figure of the Father in …

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