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Marriage and Family

A groom and bride hold hands on their wedding day. (OSV News file photo/Jon L. Hendricks)

Marriage ministries see hope in falling divorce rates despite fewer weddings

Daniel Payne|Aug 6, 2026|6 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets a family as he celebrates the final Mass of his apostolic journey to Africa at Malabo Stadium in Equatorial Guinea April 23, 2026. (OSV News photo/Matteo Pernaselci, Vatican Media)

Pope Leo's October meeting on marriage, family gains urgency amid declining birth rates in West

OSV News|Apr 27, 2026|7 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets a baby and family at the conclusion of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Aug. 27, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo XIV calls bishops to Rome to discuss marriage and family in October

Courtney Mares|Mar 19, 2026|3 Min Read

Pope Francis greets newly married couples during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this Sept. 30, 2015, file photo. In 2016, the late pope, who died in 2025, released a major document, "Amoris Laetitia," which focused on love in the family. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

Faith

At 10, 'Amoris Laetitia' still shapes landscape for marriage, family ministries

Kimberley Heatherington|Mar 16, 2026|6 Min Read

Brad Wilcox, Melville Foundation Jefferson Scholars Foundation Distinguished University Professor of Sociology and Director of National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, is pictured in an undated photo. (OSV News photo/courtesy Brad Wilcox)

Amid plunging births, scholar says parenthood needs to be touted as ‘pathway to happiness’

Madalaine Elhabbal|Jul 26, 2025|3 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets a child as he rides in the popemobile before celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican June 1, 2025, as part of the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Reach out to families; let them know God loves them, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Jun 2, 2025|4 Min Read

Mother

World

Ireland at a crossroads: Redefining family, motherhood on the ballot

Anian Christoph Wimmer|Mar 5, 2024|4 Min Read

Ireland

World

Proposed referendum for Irish Constitution calls for widening the definition of family

Michael Kelly|Dec 6, 2023|3 Min Read

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Is the era of the traditional family over in America? Survey suggests yes

Kevin Jones|Sep 25, 2023|6 Min Read

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‘Tradwives’ and the search for happiness

Elise Ureneck|May 15, 2023|5 Min Read

Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, and Azhy Robertson in "Marriage Story." (Netflix)

Why ‘Marriage Story’ is our story

Stefano Rebeggiani|Jan 5, 2020|5 Min Read

Breanna Koski (left) and Joanna Duka (right), owners of Brush & Nib Studio. (Alliance Defending Freedom)

News

Arizona Supreme Court says artists have right to decline same-sex wedding creations

Catholic News Agency|Sep 16, 2019|2 Min Read

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