A Vatican department allegedly stopped copies of a book defending the Church’s teaching on marriage from getting to many attendees at last year’s synod. “Remaining in the Truth of Christ” contained contributions from the Vatican’s doctrinal chief Cardinal Gerhard Müller, church historian Cardinal Walter Brandmüller and American Cardinal Raymond Burke. The book aimed to counter Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Marriage’
Ireland to vote on gay marriage in May 22 public referendum
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015Voters in the Irish Republic will decide whether or not to approve legal same-sex marriage in a referendum on May 22. In announcing the date, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the referendum would underline Ireland’s reputation as a tolerant and inclusive nation. Mr Kenny said that most members of the Irish Parliament were in favour of Read more
Local bishops could decide on Communion for civilly remarried
Tuesday, February 17th, 2015
One outcome from October’s family synod could be that local bishops make decisions case-by-case on Communion for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics. That’s what Archbishop Charles Palmer-Buckle of Accra, Ghana, supports, according to an interview published on the Crux website. The archbishop said he believes this is a result Pope Francis wants from the synod Read more
Swiss priest forced to resign after blessing lesbian couple
Friday, February 13th, 2015A priest in Switzerland has been forced to resign after he blessed a lesbian couple in a ceremony he said was similar to a wedding. Fr Wendelin Bucheli blessed the couple in his parish church in Burglen in October last year. Bishop Vitus Huonder of Chur diocese said the priest must now resign and return Read more
US priests group asks bishops for married clergy dialogue
Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
A group representing hundreds of priests has asked the United States Catholic bishops to start dialogue towards the ordination of married men to the priesthood. The Association of US Catholic Priests, which represents about 1000 mostly Vatican II-era priests, wrote to the bishops last month. According to an article in the National Catholic Reporter, the Read more
Pope wishes that marriage annulments could be free of charge
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
Pope Francis has said he wished that all marriage annulment processes could be free of charge. In an address to the Roman Rota in January, the Pope said: “The sacraments are free. The sacraments give us grace. “And a matrimonial process pertains to the sacrament of matrimony. How I wish that all processes were free.” Read more
Five ways faith may make marriage more healthy
Friday, December 12th, 2014
“Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way. … Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.” I Corinthians 13 The words of the apostle Paul are a familiar text at Read more
Joseph Ratzinger and communion for remarried divorcees
Tuesday, November 25th, 2014
In 1972, less than five years before his nomination as bishop and cardinal, when he was still a member of the international theological commission set up by Paul VI, Joseph Ratzinger expressed himself in favour of admitting remarried divorcees to the sacrament of the Eucharist. This was on the condition that a couple’s second union Read more
The radiance of love redeeming the world’s darkness
Friday, November 21st, 2014
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks gave a inspirational address on Monday at the Humanum conference at the Vatican on the complementarity of man and woman. It ranges over the whole history of marriage and concludes with a brilliant image: marriage turns “the prose of biology into the poetry of the human spirit”. I want this morning to Read more
We can help you plan your divorce party
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014Estimates vary as to the proportion of marriages in the US that end in divorce but some analysts put it as high as half, So in 2012 Glynda Rhodes launched a new company – The Divorce Party Planner – and the business has boomed ever since, a situation mirrored at similar firms in Vegas and Read more