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April 2014

April 10, 2014

Bishop: Pope Francis says married men could be ordained priests, if bishops want it

From The Tablet in London: A bishop who met with Pope Francis in a rare...

March 2014

March 25, 2014

Bishop issues pastoral letter on contraception: “We live in a world short on love”

Details from The Journal Star newspaper: Twenty-three years ago, Lincoln Catholic Diocese Bishop Glennon Flavin...

March 16, 2014

New head of German bishops: revise rules for divorced and remarried Catholics

Details: The new leader of Germany’s Roman Catholic bishops called for a revision of the...

March 11, 2014

Cardinal calls for “renewed” interpretation of Church teachings on marriage

From CNS: In its approach to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, the Catholic Church needs...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

Pope Francis says Church must accompany, not condemn, those whose marriages fail

Vatican Radio reports on his homily this morning: Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the chapel...

February 19, 2014

Happily ever after: when a Catholic wedding takes place behind bars

From Carol Glatz at CNS comes this great heart-tugger of a story: Even a jailed...

February 17, 2014

A coming compromise on annulments?

Maybe, according to John Allen in The Boston Globe: Sometimes mocked as “Catholic divorce,” an...

February 14, 2014

Pope Francis to engaged couples: “Living together is an art summarized in three words: please, thanks and sorry”

To mark St. Valentine's Day, the pope held a special audience for engaged couples this...

February 13, 2014

For church workers: 7 warning signs of an affair

A writer at the Christian Post applies this to pastors and church workers—but there's a...

February 12, 2014

One of Italy’s hottest bridal salons? A monastery in Cascia

Photo: Nadia Shira Cohen for The New York Times Once again, tough economic times have people...

February 09, 2014

Vatican says Valentine’s Day date with Pope Francis is being moved outdoors due to demand

The much-ballyhooed event was to be held in the Paul VI Audience Hall (seen here)...

February 09, 2014

O’Malley on Francis: “I don’t see the pope changing doctrine…”

Photo: Essdras M. Suarez / Boston Globe From The Boston Globe: Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley...

February 08, 2014

American bishop on contraception: “That train left the station long ago”

The German bishops have weighed in on their survey results for the upcoming synod, and...

February 08, 2014

Homily for February 9, 2014: World Marriage Day

Last year, my wife and I went out to dinner to celebrate our 27th wedding...

February 07, 2014

Pope Francis: “Marriage today is considered a form of emotional satisfaction that can be modified at will…”

From CNS: Pope Francis said contemporary ideas of marriage as an arrangement defined by personal...

February 05, 2014

Well, look who’s in The Guardian!

It's our own Elizabeth Scalia—turning into an international papal pundit—with some thoughts on Pope Francis,...

February 04, 2014

Storage company offers “break-up protection service” for couples living together

Hunting for a radio station on the car during my recent trip to South Carolina,...

January 2014

January 24, 2014

“I have always had enough money to give my kids almost anything. But my wife and I decided not to.”

How do you raise a large family today? Any parent will want to read this...

January 22, 2014

Study: “Red” states have higher divorce rates

Details: It may seem counterintuitive, but divorce rates are higher in religiously conservative "red" states...

January 21, 2014

“It’s cardinal v. cardinal”…

John Allen (still at NCR for a little while longer) takes a closer look at...

January 15, 2014

“The Roman Catholic annulment process needs a total overhaul”—UPDATED

A parish priest offers his perspective, from NCR: The thornier annulments involve people who were...

January 11, 2014

Behold, a truly formal wedding: everyone is wearing a tux

H/T to Kathy Schiffer for this picture: There's more whacky wedding pictures, along with a...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

Do you know a couple who got engaged over Christmas? Show this to them.

Some great insight from Tyler Ward in Relevant magazine: I used to think I had...

December 05, 2013

More on divorce and communion: “There is no middle-ground”

From canon lawyer Ed Peters: We live in pervasively antinomian times [editor's note: read about...

December 03, 2013

“I have never met anyone who has regretted seeking an annulment…”

Elizabeth Scalia has some thoughtful — and especially timely—words this morning on the subject of...

December 02, 2013

Vatican official says communion for divorced and remarried Catholics will be discussed “without any taboos”

From Vatican Insider: “A new approach needs to be taken with respect to the administration...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

German bishops defend position on communion for the divorced and remarried

From Catholic News Service: Church officials in Germany defended plans by the country's bishops' conference...

November 25, 2013

The Church faces a worrisome trend among Hispanic Catholics

Details, from The Arlington Catholic Herald: Even though data show that 38 percent of U.S....

November 22, 2013

Love at first sight: grooms seeing their brides for the first time

I love this. Check out this amazing gallery of reactions, compiled last year by Reddit....

November 11, 2013

What it takes to get married in a Catholic church—UPDATED

Most of us know that it varies from parish to parish. Some places will decline...