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October 2014

October 02, 2014

A divorced and remarried Catholic: “It has never occurred to me to present myself for Communion…”

In a rare move, a secular publication in the UK, The Spectator, offers a strong and...

September 2014

September 24, 2014

They don’t: Marriage rates continue to plummet

From The New York Times: Of all the milestones on the road to adulthood, Americans...

September 20, 2014

Pope establishes commission to reform annulment process

This is huge. From Vatican Radio: The Holy See Press Office on Saturday announced Pope...

September 18, 2014

Bishop on divorced and remarried Catholics: “We’ve got to do something!”

It's rare to hear a bishop be so blunt, but Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin is...

September 14, 2014

They do: Pope marries 20 couples in St. Peter’s

From Vatican Radio: To the simple strains of a harp, twenty grooms made their way...

September 11, 2014

Pope will preside at wedding of Catholics living together, couples with children

From CNS: Among the men and women Pope Francis was set to unite in...

August 2014

August 30, 2014

Farm fined for refusing to host gay wedding

Details, from Religion News Service: Christian farm owners in upstate New York who declined a...

August 29, 2014

Pope Francis to preside over wedding ceremony next month

Did you get an invitation? From CNS: Pope Francis will preside over his first wedding...

August 26, 2014

Thinking of living together before getting married? Read this first.

This won't surprise a lot of us, but it is surprising to see it in The...

August 24, 2014

Bigger wedding, happier marriage?

I wonder if this study was funded by a catering company. (And I wonder what...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

Why are so many couples getting married outside the Church? —UPDATED

Some answers, from The Atlantic: Even though marriage has been a major reason why adults have...

July 28, 2014

At the end of the date, they’d pray the rosary before he could kiss her good night

From The Hartford Courant comes this lovely story of a deacon and his wife—a saga...

July 22, 2014

Understanding annulments

The National Catholic Register offers a helpful primer on annulments this week, beginning with a...

July 14, 2014

People, look East

My blog neighbor Joanne McPortland has posted an excellent primer on the whole Orthodox-Catholic-Why-Can't-We-Get-Communion-If-We're-Divorced-And-Remarried debate: Cardinal...

July 12, 2014

“Marriage is not the magic bullet for the lack of vocations”

I raised some questions about this several days back, and now my blog neighbor Fr....

July 12, 2014

A pastor presides at his son’s gay wedding, and pays the price—UPDATED

The story behind a case that made headlines a few months back, from The New...

July 06, 2014

“Your vocation is not about you”

Good stuff here: It is quite traditional and correct to speak of “discerning a vocation” –...

July 05, 2014

Synod: what about unmarried couples living together?

The working document on the upcoming Synod paints a stark picture: From every part of...

July 03, 2014

In the email: “How would a parish take on our family if my husband were a priest?”

A reader sent me the following e-mail, which is an important follow-up on this post...

July 02, 2014

Synod: What about married priests?

As people take a closer look at the working paper for the upcoming Synod, one...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

A June wedding like no other

When I think of all the insanity that ensues with most weddings at my parish—the...

June 25, 2014

Cardinal Collins: “One thing that would help is if all of us realized that receiving communion is not obligatory at Mass…”

Over at Fr. Robert Barron's excellent "Word on Fire" site, Brandon Vogt has a lengthy...

June 20, 2014

An estimated 5,000 gather for March for Marriage in Washington

Details: Rita Alderete is single, but she values the idea of marriage being a relationship...

June 19, 2014

“Operation I Do” offers free Catholic weddings

Details: A 47-percent decline in Catholic marriages in the Archdiocese of San Francisco has prompted...

June 15, 2014

Quoting Pope Francis, Nancy Pelosi urges archbishop not to speak at March for Marriage

Details: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi took the lead this week in a high-profile lobbying effort to...

June 04, 2014

Cleveland ends fees for annulments—UPDATED

I don't know if this is a first for the United States, but it's exceptional: ...

June 04, 2014

Growing trend: divorce parties

This takes the cake, from AP: Divorce, it seems, has turned into a party —...

June 02, 2014

I’m sure there are tasteful ways to incorporate a newborn baby into a wedding. This isn’t one of them.

In a sling sewn into a wedding gown, being dragged down the aisle by the...

April 2014

April 23, 2014

Report: Pope phoned divorced and remarried woman to say she can receive communion—UPDATED

Details: Pope Francis has phoned a divorced and remarried Catholic woman in Argentina to tell...

April 21, 2014

Ohio couple married 70 years die just hours apart

From The New York Daily News: They held hands at breakfast, even after 70 years...