“There are priests who do not baptize the children of single mothers because (the children) were not conceived in the sanctity of marriage. They are the hypocrites of today,” Pope Francis once said.

The world and the Catholic Church today need to take a leap forward “in faith, charity and hope,” Pope Francis said in his homily at a late afternoon Mass in Marseille’s open-air stadium.

A new report from Pew Research Center stated that American's views of the family are “complicated” and “more pessimistic” than previous statistics showed.

By following the Liturgy of Domestic Church Life we are able to implement simple, achievable practices that help us practice our baptismal mission to be priests, prophets and royals, both at home and in the world.

This is what Peggy Sue learns: we all want a second chance at the past, but the real second chances only happen in the here and now.

I asked my fellow Gen-Xers on staff to reflect on this trend, and what may be contributing to it.