When former Tablet journalist Melissa Enaje Rappa learned her unborn daughter had a rare genetic condition in early 2024, doctors warned the baby might not survive. Instead of giving up hope, she chose to trust in God’s plan.
Motherhood
‘Abortion is Never the Answer,’ Pope Francis Says
Addressing participants at a Vatican meeting on medical care for “extremely fragile” babies and on the pastoral care of their parents, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church’s total opposition to abortion is not primarily a religious position, but a human one.
Novel Project Strengthens Mother-Daughter Bond
While writing and editing their self-published the book, “Running the Cobblestones,” Kathy Schneeman and Cecelia MacDonald deepened a mother-daughter relationship that was overdue for attention.
Motherhood: A Vocation that Grows and Changes
by Effie Caldarola
IN 1916, PADRAIG Pearse was executed by the British for his role in the Irish Easter uprising.