Family Life

Our March 13, 2020 Catholic Citizens of Illinois Forum Luncheon Speaker John Paul De Gance: “RESTORING THE DOMESTIC CHURCH: HOW TO REBUILD FAILING MARRIAGES, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.”

02/21/2020 at 4:57 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
[Mr. J. P. De Gance will be the featured speaker at the March 13, 2020, Catholic Citizens Monthly Forum Luncheon. Reserve your seat HERE. Our luncheons commence at 11:45 a.m., at the Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson, Chicago, IL. Please note that the Union League Club requires business... read more

US bishop declares ‘person cannot change his or her gender’ in new pastoral guidelines

02/12/2020 at 9:43 AM By Kevin Edward White
Springfield Bishop Thomas Paprocki clarified policy on gender dysphoria to protect church and school leaders 'from being pressured and intimidated.' By Doug Mainwaring, LifeSite News, February 11. 2020 SPRINGFIELD, Illinois– In a sensitively worded but thoroughly-grounded-in-truth... read more

Making the case for marriage

02/10/2020 at 12:37 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Brian Fraga, Our Sunday Visitor, February 7, 2020 Statistics tell a troubling story about the state of marriage as an institution. Various social surveys indicate that anywhere from 25% to slightly more than 40% of all marriages end in divorce within the first five years. Scarred by the... read more

Women at Work

01/22/2020 at 4:45 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
...in the Home or in the Marketplace By John Stonestreet & Brooke Boriack, 01/22/20 Many modern feminists insist that if women were given the same education and opportunities as men, they would almost certainly choose careers over family. It’s an attitude reflected in the comments by... read more
Attorney General Dana Nessel of Michigan (left) with her "wife."

Michigan attorney general using secretive ‘hate crime unit’ to harass pro-marriage group

01/19/2020 at 6:19 PM By Kevin Edward White
Damning evidence exists of Attorney General Dana Nessel's hostility toward traditional marriage. LifeSite News, January 17, 2020 Watching, listening, tracking, and compiling secret dossiers on dissidents until they are finally accused and prosecuted — these are the police-state tactics... read more

The other ‘marriage story’: divorce is at a 40-year low

01/07/2020 at 4:38 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
And more kids are being raised in intact families By Carolyn Moynihan | Jan 6 2020 | The rise of divorce and the decline of marriage following the sexual revolution have destabilised the family life of two generations and have been the source of much unhappiness both for children and... read more

Courage, Love, and Sacrifice in the Fight for Marriage Reality

01/06/2020 at 11:54 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Robert P. George, Public Discourse, January 5, 2020 Every time we fail to muster the courage to do what’s right, what God is calling us to do, there is behind that failure a still deeper failure: a failure of love. Author’s note: On January 1, 2020, Ryan T. Anderson and I published a... read more

They Were Warned

12/22/2019 at 5:22 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
Written By Kathy Valente   |   12.06.19 Big Marijuana and its foolish proponents easily convinced Illinois state lawmakers that legalization would decrease black market trade and ease the burden on our criminal justice system. IFI warned them that this naive notion was... read more

We’re #1! The USA Now Leads the World in Rate of Single Mothers

12/16/2019 at 4:17 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
We’re #1! The USA Now Leads the World in Rate of Single Mothers By Dean Garrison, DC Clothesline, December 16, 2019 Pew research recently compiled some data on single-parent homes, worldwide. As I’ve already given away in the title, America is first and it’s not even that... read more

The Pursuit of Family

12/05/2019 at 10:13 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
Just Wanting It Makes You Happier by: John Stonestreet & G. Shane Morris, December 5, 2019 We’ve reached a barking point in American history. (Yeah, I’m sorry for that one.) A few years ago, for the first time ever, the number of dogs in this country surpassed the number of children... read more

Post-Christian America?

11/21/2019 at 1:37 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Gunnar Gundersen, November 16, 2019 The recent Pew poll detailing the erosion of Christian faith [1] in this country unleashed a slew of commentary discussing “post-Christian” America. And even before this recent round of dire predictions, the term “post-Christian” has been used by... read more

We Are Losing Young Catholics

11/04/2019 at 5:10 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

From “Home-Alone America” to “Primal Screams”: in 15 Years or Less

08/30/2019 at 2:18 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

About time! Australian doctors to investigate transgender treatments for kids

08/19/2019 at 5:19 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Pope Francis retools John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family

08/17/2019 at 4:25 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Those who blame mass shootings on politics are missing the point

08/10/2019 at 9:07 AM By Kevin Edward White

Jordan Peterson encourages women to seek ‘adventure’ of motherhood, ignore climate alarmism

08/03/2019 at 5:29 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

The Sign of the Cross at the Tour de France

08/03/2019 at 4:47 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

THE INCREDIBLE SUCCESS STORY BEHIND ONE COUNTY’S PLUMMETING DIVORCE RATE SHOULD INSPIRE US ALL

07/31/2019 at 4:36 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

CDC confirms US fertility rate fell to ‘all-time low’ in 2018

07/26/2019 at 4:57 PM By Mary Anne Hackett