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The 18-Minute Mass

Kevin Aldrich September 20, AD2015 26 Comments

The Church lays down a minimum for attending Mass and receiving the Eucharist. The Church obliges the faithful to take part in the

baby, infant, child, family, pro-life, happiness

One Child More

Kevin Aldrich August 24, AD2015 30 Comments

China has its evil and harmful “one child” policy. I propose for American Catholics a “one child more” policy. I think we should encourage all

Chapter 10 of Love is Our Mission: “Choosing Life”

Kevin Aldrich July 27, AD2015 2 Comments

This column is the tenth in a series of introductory essays on “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis for the

Love Is Our Mission: Who Is The Church?

Kevin Aldrich June 29, AD2015 2 Comments

This column is the ninth in a series of introductory essays on “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis for the

The Family: A Light in a Dark World

Kevin Aldrich May 4, AD2015 1 Comment

This column is the seventh in a series of introductory essays on the document “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis

Celibacy: All Love Bears Fruit

Kevin Aldrich April 6, AD2015 No Comments

This column is the fifth in a series of introductory essays on the document “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis

The Friendship Which Is Marriage

Kevin Aldrich February 9, AD2015 8 Comments

This is the fourth in a series of introductory essays on the document “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis for

Rational Animal Sexuality

Kevin Aldrich January 12, AD2015 5 Comments

This is the third in a series of introductory essays on the document “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis for

Mission of the Family: LOVE

Kevin Aldrich December 15, AD2014 5 Comments

This article is the second in a series of introductory essays on the document “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis

The Family: Created For Joy

Kevin Aldrich November 24, AD2014 7 Comments

Next September 22-27, 2015 will be the eighth World Meeting of Families and it will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Pontifical Council for the

Laity Vocation: Let Us Build the Earthly City

Kevin Aldrich October 20, AD2014 4 Comments

St. Augustine wrote of two cities that men on earth have built. “Two cities have been formed by two loves,” he said. “The earthly by

Marriage: ‘Bergoglio’ Approves Shacking Up?

Kevin Aldrich September 22, AD2014 94 Comments

Maybe you heard that on Sunday, September 14, 2014, Pope Francis married twenty couples at St. Peter’s Basilica. I learned about it first from an

Who Is The Master Of Our Fate?

Kevin Aldrich August 25, AD2014 4 Comments

I have just discovered that my high school freshman son loves music and listens to vast amounts of it, whenever he gets the chance. Believe

Humanae Vitae and Family Size—Should We Have a Big Family?

Kevin Aldrich June 2, AD2014 42 Comments

This is the final column in a six-part series on Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI’s profound and heroic 1968 encyclical. The series’ introduction is here.

Humanae Vitae: NFP vs. Contraception

Kevin Aldrich May 5, AD2014 36 Comments

This is the fifth in a six-part series on Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI’s profound and heroic 1968 encyclical. The series’ introduction is here. The

A Life of Service and Cheerfulness

Kevin Aldrich April 7, AD2014 6 Comments

God loves a cheerful giver. (2 Cor 9:7) God calls us to a life of service for our own good. This was true under the

Gift of Self

Kevin Aldrich March 11, AD2014 2 Comments

Every person’s most fundamental vocation, moral responsibility, and source of fulfillment is authentic self-giving. I think this claim can be discovered by reason and experience.

Canonization: The Rational Judgment of a Miraculous Cure

Kevin Aldrich February 10, AD2014 10 Comments

My goal is to show how the Catholic Church made the rational judgment, after serious investigation, that one man received a miracle of healing through

Humanae Vitae: Bonding and Babies

Kevin Aldrich December 16, AD2013 5 Comments

[This article is the third in a continuing series on Humanae Vitae. Last time I examined the question of what the Church means by responsible

Humanae Vitae: Responsible Fatherhood

Kevin Aldrich November 18, AD2013 33 Comments

[This article is the continuation in the Kevin Aldrich\’s Humanae Vitae series.] The moral evil of intentionally separating the unitive sexual act from its procreative