Love Conquers All, and Love Conquers Us
‘After the fall, marriage helps to overcome self-absorption, egoism, pursuit of one’s own pleasure, and to open oneself to the other, to mutual aid and to self-giving.’ (Catechism 1609)
Results from Tag: 'marriage'
Obergefell’s Legacy: Redefining Marriage Redefines Parenthood
COMMENTARY: The Judeo-Christian understanding of marriage is the best public policy possible in this fallen world.
‘Same-Sex Marriage’ Is Not Marriage
Confusion of language is confusion of thought. We cannot take two different things and call them both ‘marriage.’
When a Baptist Marries a Catholic
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: The distance between Baptists and Catholics is much closer than the distance between believers and nonbelievers.
What Do Love and Marriage Mean Today?
COMMENTARY: The dominant understanding today of the relationship between men and women no longer includes as an essential element the possible bearing and raising of children; hence, marriage has taken on many forms.
Faithful Catholics and the Midterms: What to Do?
COMMENTARY: As our faith teaches, we need to bring our beliefs to bear on the public square.
Authentic Respect for Marriage: Forget the ‘Respect for Marriage Act’
COMMENTARY: Redefining marriage was bad public policy in Obergefell in 2015 and it is bad public policy in HR 8404 today. Here is why.
This Is What Makes Marriage Work
Cling to Jesus Christ, whose presence will bolster your marriage and sanctify you as husbands and wives, fathers and mothers.
Young, in Love — and at Risk of Mortal Sin
Perhaps Requiring Engaged Couples to Wait a Year or More to Marry Is an Undue Burden
The Pope’s Plan to Strengthen Marriage Formation (Aug. 6)
Earlier this summer the Vatican announced that Pope Francis wants to reorient how the Catholic Church does marriage formation. In a 97-page document, the Vatican provides a new “catechumenal itinerary toward matrimonial life.” What is that? We find out with Register Staff Writer Peter Jesserer Smith. Then our Register Intern Hannah Cote highlights some new ways Catholic couples are honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary in their wedding ceremonies.
