Laura Kelly Fanucci, OSV News

Whenever I take my kids anywhere in public, I get comments. "All boys?! Didn't you ever try for a girl?" "Five?! You must be crazy!" "Are they...

I was sitting at work, eating my lunch alone, when I overheard a line from the next table: "Kids need lots of people who...

When I first birthed a baby without drugs, I was convinced I was dying. Pain climbed in waves, contractions piling on top of each other...

One year ago, on the feast of the Ascension, we attended Mass in a hotel basement. One of our older kids was in a weekend...

Right now is a difficult time for nearly every family I know. Parents are stressed. Teens are depressed. Kids are anxious. Studies on mental...

"When I show up to church late, everyone stares and glares. When I show up to a meeting late, everyone stands and applauds --...

During my husband's years in business school, he learned about the power of the "nudge": how to form a new habit by connecting it...

Over the past 15 years, I've witnessed the rise of "liturgical living" in Catholic circles. Websites, social media, books, home décor and subscription boxes...

Every week my sons stand in the pew at Mass. Like stairsteps, all five in a row by age and height. Or like a...

Watch what parents do when they pick up a baby. Whether a swaddled newborn, a smiling infant or a squirmy toddler, parents start to...