A variation of the question comes up every year around this time in social media groups and on discussion boards geared toward Catholic women... "I'm pregnant and/or nursing. Am I still supposed to fast?" "I need to eat every couple hours in order to keep anything down, what should I do on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday?" "I feel fine and like it's not a big deal for me to fast. I should still do it, right?" The short answer? Fasting and abstinence during Lent are not required

Circumcision. The topic comes up and things get emotional and even heated. It's an incredibly sensitive topic and rightly so. We are...

Can we apply the Christian concept of memento mori to pregnancy and birth? As Christians we are made for and called to live for eternity, to remember that our ultimate end and purpose is not in this world but the next. In Catholic tradition this means that there is an emphasis on remembering our own mortality, that no one escapes death and it is foolish to not prepare for or remember this. In a culture that seemingly seeks to do everything it can to distract us from the real

With October being a month dedicated to Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness we're sharing a story of loss today. Nearly every miscarriage...

It is incredibly common for women to struggle with fear and anxiety during pregnancy. Perhaps it is because pregnancy opens us, not just...

November 11, 2020 I stared at the positive pregnancy test and started crying. My husband would be ordained a Catholic priest in eight...