Category: Marriage/Family

A December 2025 government survey in South Korea has pointed out several economic factors as crucial drivers for marriage and childbirth, reinforcing the idea that economic empowerment can encourage family life amid the country’s birth rate crisis. A new survey in South Korea has revealed that security in employment, income, and home ownership make a significant difference in men and women’s likelihood in seeking marriage and family.

As Christians, we know that staying close to Jesus requires time and effort. So why do we think we can take our spouse for granted? Staying close to our spouse also takes time and effort. Try these five ways to rekindle your relationship.

According to Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, “domestic prudence” arranges everything in one’s home life toward the true happiness of its members. This can really help us in thinking about how to celebrate Christmas.

Having It All, from the Wharton economist Corinne Low, is a book that’s tailored to a fairly narrow audience—but won’t admit it. “Women can’t bend anymore without breaking,” warns an early paragraph.

Learn how to strengthen your marriage and love your husband by building a good relationship with your mother-in-law. There will be times when you feel misunderstood or maligned even by the most caring mother-in-law. Remember the concerns and challenges she carries and choose to believe the absolute best of her character.

Children in a same-sex “marriage” are intentionally and unapologetically deprived of either a mother or a father. Moms and dads are not interchangeable. They complement each other. They’re distinct and unique. Mothers can’t be fathers, and fathers can’t be mothers. God deliberately designed children to enjoy the many unique features and contributions of both.

Although the holidays are a crazy and wonderful time of year, ignore the Christmas decorating long enough to be intentional about pursuing your spouse and using everyday moments to strengthen your marriage.

FOCCUS Marriage Ministries, a Catholic marriage ministry, invited the priest-iconographer Father Richard Reiser to make an icon of St. Bridget of Sweden, a mystic and the mother of eight. The ministry is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and chose St. Bridget to be the patron saint of its work.

Men do not tend to settle other men down. Wives and mothers do this for men because female sexuality and biology are more family focused.