Those whose children remain practicing Catholics have some ideas about why that may be the case, but they, too, are well aware that things could easily have turned out differently.

Twenty-five percent told us that one or more of their children had left the church.

The appointments are part of an ongoing effort to give a greater role to women in the work of the Roman Curia offices, the central administration of the Catholic church.

Could I really be happy if my primary focus for years to come was managing a house full of babies?

Every Sunday we would encounter each other, serve food and wash dishes “hip to hip.”

Members of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America proposed that the church hold a Synod of Bishops "on the theme of the woman in the life and mission of the church."