Daily Reflection for September 7, 2026. For the Daily Readings, please visit http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings. -- WEBSITES USCCB: http://www.usccb.org/ -- SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usccb/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/USCCB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usccb LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usccb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@usbishops

Daily Reflection for September 6, 2026. For the Daily Readings, please visit http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings. -- WEBSITES USCCB: http://www.usccb.org/ -- SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usccb/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/USCCB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usccb LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usccb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@usbishops

Daily Reflection for September 5, 2026. For the Daily Readings, please visit http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings. -- WEBSITES USCCB: http://www.usccb.org/ -- SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usccb/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/USCCB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usccb LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usccb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@usbishops

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Daily Reflection for September 2, 2026. For the Daily Readings, please visit http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings. -- WEBSITES USCCB: http://www.usccb.org/ -- SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usccb/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/USCCB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usccb LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usccb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@usbishops

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, the Howard Marks Presidential Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania joins to discuss the future of the human population at the national and global levels. Is adequate attention paid to this long-term issue? Are current predictions accurate? What does it mean to have decreasing birthrates for the foreseeable future? How can marriage fuel a change of direction? Intro: 0:00 Basics: 1:30 What can we learn from the data around the world?: 10:20 USA: 30:00 How did we get here?: 47:40 What can we do about it?: 58:30 Learn more about marriage & family at Love Means More: https://lovemeansmore.org UN World Population Prospects (WPP) data: https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/population-and-demography?country=~OWID_WRL&indicator=Population&Sex=Both+sexes&Age=Total&Projection+scenario=None CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/15/world/global-population-8-billion-un-intl-hnk Future peak projections from “key findings” and “key messages” sections of UN WPP revisions from 2010 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, and 2024: https://www.un-ilibrary.org/content/series/2412138x BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64373950 Chinese Embassy: https://us.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/zggs/202503/t20250306_11569315.htm Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/china-blocks-population-debate-online-11384381 US population pyramids: https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/05/aging-united-states-population-fewer-children-in-2020.html Detailed population pyramids assembled from US Census data: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2020/population-estimates-detailed.html, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2010-2019/national/asrh/nc-est2019-syasexn.xlsx US metro areas under-5 population tables from US Census American Community Survey data: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/ Birthrates by race: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/vsrr038.pdf Projected births: https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/2023/demo/popproj/2023-popproj.html, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popproj/datasets/2023/2023-popproj/np2023_d2_mid.csv, https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/population-and-demography?indicator=Births&Sex=Both+sexes&Age=Total&Projection+scenario=Medium&country=~USA CBO: https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61879 Note on comments at 47:30: The UN’s new population projections are expected to be delayed to 2027. The views expressed in this video do not constitute an official statement of the Catholic bishops of the United States. Love Means More is an initiative of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, under the Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth. Visit USCCB.org for more information. -- WEBSITES USCCB: http://www.usccb.org/ -- SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usccb/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/USCCB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usccb LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usccb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@usbishops

Daily Reflection for September 1, 2026. For the Daily Readings, please visit http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings. -- WEBSITES USCCB: http://www.usccb.org/ -- SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usccb/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/USCCB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usccb LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usccb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@usbishops