28 Oct 2025

Why Children Became Useless: Faith and the Future of the Family

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By the fire of faith, our hearts are softened and our selfishness burned away. By its light, we seek children when the world seeks comfort; we live for the eternal and not for the present; we discern in the cross the plow of new life.

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Catherine Ruth Pakaluk, faculty at the Busch School of Business in Catholic University and founder of the Political Economy academic area, delivered this forum address on October 28, 2025.