Posts Tagged ‘Divorce’

Manila archbishop calls to ‘rethink’ pro-life strategy

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024

It’s time to ‘rethink’ our pro-life strategy says Cardinal Jose Advincula. We need to re-evaluate the strategy in a different way, using new approaches that refrain from further judgment and condemnation. During the Mass for this year’s “Walk for Life” on Saturday, Advincula – who is the head of Manila’s Catholic Church – spoke of Read more

Catholic women divided over sex, divorce and patriarchy

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

Catholic women and their views on sex, divorce and patriarchy show a generational divide, a recent Australian University of Newcastle study found. Older women want reform, but younger Catholic women are more conservative. They want the rules on sex, contraception and the priesthood to remain as they are. About the study The study surveyed 17,200 Read more

Woman who married herself is now divorcing herself

Thursday, November 25th, 2021

A woman, who made headlines earlier this year by marrying herself, is now heading for divorce after she met “someone special” and has even started to fall in love. She said she had felt fantastic on her big day but was sad to receive hate comments from trolls.  Continue reading

Three conditions for a valid Catholic marriage

Thursday, June 3rd, 2021

A leading canon lawyer explains how a valid marriage in the Catholic Church’s tradition must meet three requirements. Rev Prof Michael Mullaney, President at Ireland’s national seminary, St Patrick’s College Maynooth and a leading Canon Lawyer said the couple party to such a marriage “must-have capacity (ie the requisite freedom and knowledge to give such Read more

After divorce: never back on the housing ladder

Thursday, March 11th, 2021
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In March 2018, homeownership was at its lowest in almost 70 years. Since then the median price has almost doubled and rent is up by a quarter. It was a year after her divorce that Sue Boyce says she realised she would never own another home. She was 51, had five children to care for Read more

Marriage & divorce amid pandemic: Couples’ challenges abound

Monday, February 22nd, 2021
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For many U.S. couples yearning to be married, the pandemic has wreaked havoc on their wedding plans while bolstering their teamwork and resilience. For couples already married, it has posed a host of new tests, bringing some closer, pulling others apart. Spending more time together — a common result of lockdowns, furloughs and layoffs — Read more

Domestic abuse victims say no to ‘no-fault’ divorce settlements

Thursday, February 13th, 2020

Domestic abuse victims are speaking out about no-fault divorce settlements that see their abusers entitled to 50 percent of the marital property. Sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars change hands. Some say they paid for the property while their spouse abused them and paid for little or nothing. One woman said her ex-husband was laughing Read more

Fr Hartman: Divorcée, father of two and priest

Monday, September 16th, 2019

Father Tom Hartman’s first call was as a father. His second was as a Catholic priest. Hartman’s path to the cloth is one he loosely calls his resurrection story. It’s not a resurrection of mortal death, but the ending of one path and beginning of another he’d always felt called to. He married young. After Read more

Marriage rate used to be 45.5 per 1000, now it’s 10.8

Monday, May 13th, 2019
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The marriage rate for New Zealand residents fell last year to its lowest since the peak in 1971. While the number of marriages and civil unions among residents has been steady at around 21,000 per annum for the last 20 years, a rising population means that the number per capita has been on a steady Read more

I just divorced and was dreading Christmas

Thursday, December 13th, 2018
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As a cradle Catholic, I never thought I’d get a divorce, but I ended up with one earlier this year. Since we came to the decision, I’ve been dreading Christmas — the decorations, the Santa visits, the holiday cards. Christmas seemed all about perfect families and frameable moments, and this year I didn’t want any Read more