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June 2013

June 16, 2013

Are Expensive Weddings Hurting Marriage?

Some are making the argument that, when it comes to the big day itself, less...

June 13, 2013

Bucket List with a Difference: Dying Wife Leaves Behind Goals for Her Husband After She’s Gone

And it included a trip to Lourdes. Details: When Nicola Murray was told she had...

June 12, 2013

“Partners in Our Husbands’ Ministry”: The Vocation of the Wife of a Deacon

Some words to ponder from Mary Gannon Kaufman, the wife of a deacon candidate, from...

June 10, 2013

A New Trend for “Unplugged” Weddings

From the New York Times: The attendant was stationed at the front door of my...

June 08, 2013

Beautiful Picture: Prayer Before a Wedding

Since we're in the middle of wedding season, now seems a good time to post...

June 06, 2013

Poll Shows Most Americans See Gay Marriage as Inevitable

Details: Nearly three-quarters of Americans, including a majority of those who personally object to extending...

June 03, 2013

“I Am Not Getting Married in the Church. But I Want My Religion In Our Ceremony…”

This happens three or four times a year: someone I don't know drops me an...

May 2013

May 23, 2013

British Study: Nearly All Unmarried Couples With Children Break Up

Details: A study by the Marriage Foundation calculates that cohabiting couples who have children are...

May 11, 2013

Must-see video: what is love?

Take three minutes out of your day and be moved beyond words. This beautiful video...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

New dating site set up to promote abstinence

From HuffPo, which picks up the story from Essence Magazine: If you haven’t noticed by...

April 24, 2013

Gay Episcopal bishop slams Detroit archbishop over communion remarks

From the Detroit Free Press: Retired Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, who was the first openly...

April 24, 2013

Future of Catholic weddings in Britain may be in doubt

Details: Prof Christopher McCrudden said that there are serious questions over whether the 120-year-old legal...

March 2013

March 08, 2013

Catholic support for gay marriage growing

That, according to a new poll. From Politico: Among Catholics, 54 percent back same-sex marriage,...

March 05, 2013

A married priest writes about the “c word”: celibacy

Take it away, Fr. Dwight: I can speak from experience. I was a celibate Anglican...

February 2013

February 09, 2013

In praise of deacon wives

Rhode Island Catholic, while spotlighting the first ordination of deacons in Providence in a decade,...

February 09, 2013

Homily for February 10, 2013: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

[Click here for readings.] For the last 24 hours or so, besides being buried in...

February 09, 2013

Homily for February 10, 2013: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

[Click here for readings.] For the last 24 hours or so, besides being buried in...

February 06, 2013

Meet John and Ann Betar, married 80 years

Not only that, but they're Catholic. Just in time for World Marriage Day this weekend...

February 04, 2013

Citing religious beliefs, baker refuses to make wedding cake for gay couple

From KATU TV in Oregon: A Gresham baker is the subject of a state investigation...

January 2013

January 27, 2013

The next big thing: long-distance marriage prep online?

Yes. I hadn't heard about this before, but it's catching on. Details: A collaborative project...

January 26, 2013

Pope: lack of faith may harm validity of marriage

A little something for all you canon lawyers out there, via Vatican Radio: Lack of...

January 25, 2013

Buffalo’s married priest says he will stop having sex—UPDATED WITH VIDEO

I posted on him a few days ago. Now, some more details, from the New...

January 14, 2013

Vive la différence: up to one million mob Paris to protest gay marriage—UPDATED

From Reuters: Several hundred thousand people massed at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday...

January 12, 2013

Priests: same-sex marriage could lead to a return of “centuries of persecution”

This comes from a letter signed by more than 1/4 of all the Catholic priests...

January 08, 2013

Nun speaks out in support of same-sex marriage in Illinois

Really? Yes. Read on: Sister Donna Quinn, a Chicago native who has been a Catholic...

January 06, 2013

What we have come to: figuring out what to call people who are “unmarried spouses”

Can any of us remember a time, not so very long ago, when this wasn't...

December 2012

December 12, 2012

Seattle lays out “policy refresher” regarding same sex marriage

From the Archdiocese of Seattle website, some guidelines that I suspect will soon be appearing...

December 07, 2012

You had me at “flash mob”

And clinched the deal with "Les Miserables." Tony Rossi has a winning video of a...

December 01, 2012

West Point chapel hosts first same-sex wedding —UPDATED

Another sign of the times, from Associated Press: Cadet Chapel, the landmark Gothic church that...

November 2012

November 14, 2012

Weigel: Church should get out of the civil marriage business

From his weekly column, published today: It seems important to accelerate a serious debate within...