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The article presents a personal narrative of his experience as he traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with his family for the 2015 World Meeting of Families dealing with topics such as Catholic family life, evangelism, and the communion traditions in Christiandom.

The article presents a reflection on the importance of children within marriage, arguing from a Catholic and Christian perspective that it is an essential aspect of the institution which should not be excluded. A paradigm is described and challenged where children are seen as an end of marriage and romantic love is the meaning of marriage. Conclusions are given asserting that the community of husband, wife and children is essential to the meaning and purpose of the institution.

The article reports on a decline in morality and social conditions predicted by the Catholic Church's book "Humanae Vitae." The author alleges that most social scientists agree that the sexual revolution has degraded family ties, and the presence in the home of a biologically related mother and father is important to children's well-being. The issues of global population growth, relations between the sexes, pornography, and the decline of the Protestant church are also discussed.

Discusses issues concerning the religious aspects of family. Understanding of family as a biological community; Truth to the meaning of the bond between parents and children; Roles played by parents in a family understood as a historical community.

The author argues against the theological views of marriage and the family promoted by the document "Between Autonomy and Dependence: Strengthening Family As a Reliable Community" by a commission created by the German Protestant denomination Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD). It is said that the document argues that marriage is just one form of family, while same-sex partnerships should also be included as families. Roman Catholic opposition to the EKD stance is noted.

Discusses issues related to marriage, divorce and the influence of the pro-family movement in the U.S. Efforts to restore the traditional concept of family; Difference between the Catholic and Protestant views on celibacy and marriage; Consequences of the rigid position of the Catholic Church on the issues of marriage and divorce.

A letter to the editor is presented that responds to the article "Reforming the German Family" by Michael Root in the November 2013 issue, which responds to the document "Between Autonomy and Dependence" by the Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) churches.

A letter to the editor is presented that responds to the section "How to Limit Government" from the column "Public Square" by R. R. Reno in the December 2013 issue, which discusses the notion of limited government in relation to the purported weakness of U.S. marriages and families.