Growing Opposition to Divorce in the Philippines, Survey Reveals

Aug 19, 2024 17:55

ZENIT Staff

The Philippines remains the only country in the world without a divorce law Photo: Reforma

neither sexual desire nor sexual contact are prerequisites for infidelity.

In 2023, a Senate committee approved a bill to legalize divorce, which is now awaiting a second reading, possibly in the coming year.

, met with some 30 families of a condominium of the parish community of Saint Bridget of Sweden

Marriage and Family•Pope Francis

3 pieces of advice from the Pope for grandparents and grandchildren at the Vatican: “Seek out your grandparents and don’t marginalize them” (one of them)

Address of the Pope to the elderly, grandchildren and children participating in the meeting “The caress and the smile” promoted by the Foundation “Età Grande”.

Apr 27, 2024 02:20

ZENIT Staff

Interview•Marriage and Family•Testimonies

Resurrection: The Method of Accompaniment in Transcendent Mourning That Heals and Evangelizes

After the suffering of the loss of a family member, a breath of faith and hope from a Catholic sensibility

Apr 23, 2024 12:58

Pablo Hertfelder Garcia-Conde

Analysis Opinion•Marriage and Family

Demographic winter is coming, even to South Asia

The scientific journal Lancet relaunches a statistical study according to which by 2100 only six countries in the world would exceed the replacement threshold of 2.1 children per woman. But already by 2050 India, Bangladesh and Pakistan would see their current birth rates drop by more than a third.

Mar 22, 2024 23:41

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Marriage and Family

Analysis: Marriage, Family, and the Mental Health Crisis

The vast majority of Americans agree that we are facing a mental health crisis. It’s worth considering, how did we get here? What is driving the huge increase in mental health problems facing our nation?

Mar 18, 2024 23:52

ZENIT Staff

Gender Ideology•Justice and Peace•Local Church•Marriage and Family

Ireland Rejects Change in the Constitution and Continues Protection of Women and the Family

The Catholic Church in Ireland pronounced itself against the changes driven by the Government and the majority of the parties of the Opposition. In a world increasingly estranged from family values, Irish citizens rejected the amendments with 65% of the votes.

Mar 14, 2024 00:35

Rafael Llanes

Mexican, a woman, a layperson, and former president of EWTN: this is the woman Pope Leo XIV chose as the first prefect of the Dicastery for Communication

Five years ago, Pope Francis publicly lamented what he described as criticism coming from a major Catholic television network (EWTN). Today, under a different pontificate, a senior executive from that same organization has been entrusted with directing the Vatican’s own communications apparatus.

Trump takes another swipe at the Pope following the audience granted by Leo XIV to the mayor of Chicago

The controversy erupted after Johnson visited the Vatican on May 28 and met with the Pope. Photographs released afterward showed the Chicago-born pontiff and the mayor exchanging gifts.

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3 pieces of advice from the Pope for grandparents and grandchildren at the Vatican: “Seek out your grandparents and don’t marginalize them” (one of them)

Resurrection: The Method of Accompaniment in Transcendent Mourning That Heals and Evangelizes

Demographic winter is coming, even to South Asia

Analysis: Marriage, Family, and the Mental Health Crisis

Ireland Rejects Change in the Constitution and Continues Protection of Women and the Family