A Reflection for the Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent, by Valerie Schultz
Marriage
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Catholic marriage prep doesn’t have to be terrible
Paul and Maureen Moses run a weekend retreat that fulfills the infamous “marriage prep” part of getting married in the Catholic Church. And it’s wonderful.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I need an annulment to get my second marriage blessed by the church — even though I feel it already is
The truth is that there was nothing wrong with my first wife when we got married. And there was nothing wrong with me. I don’t need to offer up witnesses, and my privacy, to prove otherwise.
Posted inFaith, Features
The painful, grace-filled and (hopefully) healing process of seeking an annulment
What does the church really teach about this widely misunderstood process, and how does it play out in the lives of ordinary Catholics?
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Pope Francis: Never go to bed angry at your spouse (the example of Mary and Joseph can help)
“We fought. My God, I said bad words. I said awful things. But now, to finish the day, I must make peace”. You know why? Because the cold war the next day is very dangerous.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Marriage doesn’t have a monopoly on love. But it does show that we are made for love.
The list of failures and disappointments in marriage is long, but just as our sins cannot cancel the goodness God gave us, marriage remains a singular channel of God’s grace.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Sohrab Ahmari makes the case for traditionalist Catholicism
There is much within Sohrab Ahmari’s new book that can and should speak to all Catholics, traditionalist or otherwise. More troubling from a Catholic perspective are Ahmari’s chapters on politics and on sex.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
Boris Johnson had every right to be married in the Catholic Church.
While the optics of Boris Johnson’s marriage in a Catholic church this weekend suggest a double standard, in fact the church seems to be treating him the same it would any divorced Catholic seeking to remarry.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
For the church to live in eucharistic coherence, we must be willing to challenge Catholics persisting in grave sin.
Archbishop Aquila: When the church minimizes the danger of an unworthy reception of the Eucharist, she fails to properly love those who continue to jeopardize their souls. Trading “civility” and “engagement” for eternal life is not a good trade.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Priests should think twice before denying Communion to Catholics in same-sex unions.
The question of giving Holy Communion to those in same-sex marriages has both canonical and pastoral implications.