faith and spirituality
Love is more than friendship
Friendship is the first level of love. When you love someone you know the happiness of being together. Nothing is done in the same way, because you are no longer alone even when you are […]
education
bioethics and life
Encouraging developments in the fight against pornography
Dear Friend of the Family, There wasn’t even standing room available at the forum Family Watch recently chaired at the World Congress of Families in Salt Lake City. Every inch of space was taken, and […]
trafficking and exploitation
Traditional Education Among Edos
We continue to study Edo tradition, necessary to fight trafficking in Nigeria The Edo-speaking people of the old Benin Province and parts of Delta,Rivers and Ondo province and patrs of Delta,Rivers and Ondo Provinces belong […]
Education and culture
The explosion of transgender teens
A psychotherapist asks why the phenomenon has spread so rapidly. The epidemic of interest in enabling young people to “transition” from male to female or female to male is widely accepted by an uncritical media. […]
Education and culture
Most Teens Aren’t Having Sex, and They Deserve More Support for That Choice
A friend recently alerted me to a disturbing Teen Vogue article that is best described as an explicit “how-to guide” on anal sex for adolescents. In the piece, sex educator Gigi Engle uses dehumanizing language […]
bioethics and life
Cannabis: an overview of its adverse acute and chronic effects and their implications.
Abstract In many communities, cannabis is perceived as a low-risk drug, leading to political lobbying to decriminalise its use. However, acute and chronic cannabis use has been shown to be harmful to several aspects of […]
faith and spirituality
New Age ideas: How Catholics should respond
When I dealt with the notion of “healing your family tree” I said that today’s confusion in the Church has led some people to take up New Age ideas unawares. Among these are some mixed-up […]
bioethics and life
Comprehensive Sex Education – A Failure
The Internationally renowned Cochrane review of school-based interventions on sex education was released last week. The review combined peer reviewed data from 55,000 young people from around the world including Europe, Latin America and sub-Saharan […]
