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Japanese couple married by a robot
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The secret to a long marriage: matching outfits
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May 21, 2012
Turn off the computer and go to bed
Because it turns out that social networking is increasingly breaking up marriages: More than a...
May 15, 2012
Called to “the Office” of Marriage
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May 06, 2012
Australian church says women are “too choosy,” should wed earlier
Some provocative insight on the state of marriage from the church in Australia: Women should...
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“Loose canon”: Vatican may tighten rules on annulments
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March 10, 2012
Forget the priest, deacon or rabbi: my friend will do the wedding
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Marrying at 100: love is forever young
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December 30, 2011
Tying the knot at 91
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December 29, 2011
Divorce, Italian style: couple splits after 77 years
Would counseling have helped? Better pre-Cana? Details: The Italian man, identified by lawyers in the...
December 27, 2011
More divorces spell out religious practice in custody agreements
And it can create quite a few complications. From the Washington Post: A cultural shift...
December 07, 2011
A Catholic wedding performed without a net
Remember the good old days before Vatican II, when people took sacraments seriously and priests...
October 2011
October 27, 2011
Sometimes, marriage is like that
You never know when you're gonna get hit by an unexpected storm. Sand, or otherwise....
September 2011
September 22, 2011
"The miraculous healing power of lips to scars…"
If anyone wonders what it means to be married and in love after decades together,...
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August 26, 2011
Census shows divorce rate higher in the south
Why is that? Some details: While the Bible Belt is known for its devotion to...
August 21, 2011
Sacred transformation: another wedding story
You might consider this the flip side of the story I posted yesterday, courtesy Fr....
August 16, 2011
More parents living together instead of getting married
And that's becoming even more common than divorce, according to this new report: The number...
August 16, 2011
Irish bishop: children of divorce are "born losers"
He made that statement during an interview with a local newspaper yesterday: Many children from...
August 11, 2011
What's the biggest threat to marriage?
You're looking at it. Internet use -- and misuse -- is straining marriages more than...
August 10, 2011
"Operation I Do" to marry up to 20 couples in one ceremony
How's this for a wedding-a-palooza, from Catholic San Francisco: St. Thomas More Parish in San...
July 2011
July 31, 2011
Study: more couples "staying over" instead of "living together"
The latest trend in romantic commitment evidently involves even less commitment than it used to....
July 18, 2011
Convalidation: making a marriage complete
As I noted yesterday, I spent the weekend down south, for a family wedding in...
July 12, 2011
Who wants to wait to get married?
In New York, it seems, no one. With the law changing on same sex marriage,...
July 01, 2011
"Man and woman naturally complement each other…"
A good dissection of marriage can be found right here by Dick Houck, of the...
April 2011
April 06, 2011
On cohabitation: laying down the law in Santa Fe
The Archbishop there, Michael Sheehan, has issued a pastoral letter that was read at all...
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