Marriage is also "an extraordinary good, a good of extraordinary value for everyone: for the spouses themselves, for their children, for all families with whom they form relationships, for the entire church, for all of humanity," the pope told members of the
Ahead of Valentine's Day -- the most popular day for couples to get engaged, according to the wedding planning website WeddingWire -- marriage ministry experts say the practice of personal accompaniment could become a worldwide trend in Catholic marriage preparation, due to
Recently, the Respect for Marriage Act passed the U.S. Senate 62-37, and it will likely be voted on in the House of Representatives this week. President Joe Biden has vowed to sign the measure into law without delay. Facing these staggering odds,
Ahead of the U.S. Senate's Nov. 29 61-to-36 vote approving the Respect for Marriage Act, the chairmen of two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committees reiterated the bishops' " firm opposition" to the "misnamed" measure legalizing same-sex marriage.
In a Nov. 23 joint
Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, looks at a key organization in France that is seeking to protect natural marriage. La Manif Pour Tous, which means “the demonstration for all,” is a movement founded in France by de La Rochère,
The English translation of Catechumenal Pathways for Married Life, a new pastoral guideline published by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, was published last week on the dicastery website. The document proposes a new model for marriage preparation — one
Gretchen Crowe, editor-in-chief of OSV News, reflects on a moment at a recent wedding reception: “I don’t think I’ll ever forget the photograph of the group of little kids. They were gathered on the edge of the dance floor — five of
The Holy See on Friday released the official English language translation of a new pastoral guideline aimed at guiding couples to better prepare for marriage, titled, Catechumenal Pathways for Married Life. The Dicastery of Laity, Family and Life explained that “the aim
A reader describes a family situation where he doesn’t know if he should or should not attend a wedding where a fallen-away Catholic is getting married outside of the Church. He asks: “I understand the decision of many of my family members
Associate editor Ava Lalor shares that she is about three months from her wedding, and that the months of engagement have flown by. While she and her fiancé have been working through their to-do list for the wedding, they’ve also been going