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If I should end up with dementia: An open letter to my children

July 31, 2021

My mother has dementia. I’ve been a mother myself for a good quarter century, so I’m used to trying to help people who can’t express what they want. Or who don’t want what they should. Or who don’t understand what they truly want. But this is different. In those cases I’d be trying to show respect and

The Blessed Mother Was a Perfect Mother, and Her Home Must Have Been a Zoo

December 28, 2020

Mary Pezzulo watched her share of Christmas dreck when she was a child. Most were harmless cheesy fun, but she didn't like the Little Drummer Boy.

A light-hearted new Ladybird book reflects society’s view of motherhood

February 01, 2017

There is a gulf between a Catholic view of motherhood and the way it is portrayed in the media

We mothers of children with Down’s syndrome know something the experts never will

October 06, 2016

A child with Down's syndrome is a living human being, with the same longing to be loved as the rest of us

The ‘fertility time bomb’: another reason the Church must preach loudly about motherhood

June 04, 2015

A doctor has spoken of the agony women feel when they realise they can no longer start a family

The feminine genius is at risk in this rush for equality between the sexes

May 15, 2015

This genius makes a vital contribution to culture – and decadence may follow if it is lost

Pope says maternity is ‘special,’ but warns against restricting women

October 15, 2013

Francis makes remarks during conference on Blessed John Paul II's apostolic letter 'Mulieris Dignitatem'

Cherie Blair says it’s ‘dangerous’ for women to stay at home to look after their children, who benefit if their mother works. But the evidence says not

June 25, 2012

She says women should have a choice: except, it seems, if they choose to disagree with her