Faith and Family Making a Comeback in Russia

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

After 70 years of state enforced atheism, Russian schools will soon be teaching religion again, crucifixes may once again be hung on the walls of schools and offices, and a building once used for programs aimed at demolishing the family will soon host an important summit addressing the demographic crisis in that country.

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Cardinal: Demographic Winter Points to “Serious Cultural Catastrophe”

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

The president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, said that societies without children have not only a bleak future, but also experience a “lack of balance between generations” and an “educational poverty.”

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