“Tambourine” should be mandatory viewing in all diocesan Pre-Cana programs.
Marriage
Posted inFaith, Interviews
What Catholics should know about divorce: it doesn’t define you
The label “divorced” does not define a person, says Lisa Duffy. It’s an event that happened, but it in no way is the sum total of who a person is.
Posted inFaith, News
German bishops prepare Communion rules for mixed-denomination marriages
The bishops deem it possible in certain cases to allow the Eucharist to be given to a non-Catholic spouse in a mixed-denomination marriage.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Why Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day actually aren’t so different
In fasting, in abstinence, in visits to church, we are showing our love to God.
Posted inFaith, News
Bishop responds to the charge that people who oppose same-sex marriage are bigots
An interview with Bishop James. D Conley, who signed the open letter “Created Male and Female” defending a traditional understanding of gender.
Posted inFaith, News
Laughter, tolerance and shared faith seen as crucial for lasting marriage
Laughter, tolerance and shared faith are important ingredients in a loving, lasting marriage, according to a New York couple who will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary at the end of National Marriage Week.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Renewing our understanding of marriage—a sacrament in peril
When is a sacramental marriage truly consummated?
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis explains why he celebrated the airborne marriage of two flight attendants
“I judged they were prepared. They knew what they were doing.”
Posted inFaith, News
Serving isolated parishes may mean ordaining married men, cardinal says
The issue is expected to come up in the 2019 special gathering of the Synod of Bishops to study questions related to the church’s pastoral work in the Amazon.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis urges bishops to exercise authority as judges in annulments
A diocesan bishop is the sole judge in the streamlined process for handling marriage annulments, Pope Francis said.