Survivor syndrome affects people who have faced a real threat of death and have a slim chance of surviving. It also affects children from families where abortions have taken place. These are children who discovered at some point in their lives that their parents had killed their siblings or had considered suicide. Continuing to live…
Tag: Family
Do you talk to your kids about love and sexuality?
Inès de Franclieu, is the author of the book “Dis, en vrai c’est quoi l’amour ?”(ENG: “Tell me really, what is love?”) a booklet with colourful, playful illustrations that is built in the form of a question and answer and is aimed at children aged 5 to 13. As a mother and a lecturer, she…
The sacraments and faith education should be accessible to all.
Sakramenty i wychowanie w wierze powinny być dostępne dla wszystkich. Na studiach, katechetka-wolontariuszka została przydzielona do udzielania korepetycji młodej kobiecie z zespołem Downa. Parafia miała nadzieję, że indywidualna lekcja pomoże jej przygotować się do Pierwszej Komunii Świętej. Nie mając wcześniejszego doświadczenia w nauczaniu, oprowadzała ją po podręczniku do religii i omawiały to, co przeczytały. Ponieważ…
A bishop’s comment on the legalisation of the same-sex couples in Switzerland.
In a referendum on September 26, Switzerland approved civil marriage and the right to adopt children for same-sex couples, making it one of the last Western European countries to do so. Bishop Joseph Maria Bonnemain appears to be following Pope Francis’ lead, since he openly backed same-sex civil unions – without calling them “marriage” –…
“Demasking” the authoritarianism of religious organisations
Religious organizations were found to have made “egregious failures” in the areas of child protection and safeguarding.The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) discovered “substantial impediments” to effectively reporting child sexual abuse claims in several of the religious organizations it examined.Among them were “victim blaming,” religious leaders abusing their influence, and a reluctance to…