True Marriage

Doctrine and the Cure of Souls

04/13/2024 at 9:01 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Anthony Esolen, Catholic Thing, April 13, 2024 One of my neighbors is a pleasant and apparently hard-working young man with a child by a marriage that smashed on the rocks.  He has nothing good to say about his ex-wife, so he says nothing at all, though you can tell that he hasn’t... read more

Can Christians Attend Gay Marriages?

01/25/2024 at 8:43 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Carl R. Trueman, First Things, January 25, 2024 To update the famous comment of Leon Trotsky, you may not be interested in the sexual revolution, but the sexual revolution is interested in you. Some of us are still privileged enough to be partly sheltered from this revolution. I count myself... read more

Bishops in Malawi Declare ‘Blessings for Same-Sex Unions of Any Kind are Not Permitted’

12/20/2023 at 1:09 PM By Kevin Edward White
‘While we understand the legitimate interest and fears this declaration has generated, we wish to assure all Catholics and all those interested in Catholic teaching that the teaching of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church on marriage remains…’ Members of the Episcopal Conference... read more

Two Remedies for the Decline of Marriage

11/30/2023 at 3:31 PM By Kevin Edward White
The saints had marriages that brought Heaven to earth and earth back to Heaven Patrick O’Hearn Blogs By Patrick O'Hearn, Natikonal Catholic Register, November 30, 2023 Many young men have never formally asked a woman in person on a date, nor have they ever written a love letter. In... read more

Germany: Bishop Asks Priests to Bless Same-Sex Couples

11/12/2023 at 3:49 PM By Kevin Edward White
By FSSPX.NEWS, November 10, 2023 Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, bishop of the diocese of Speyer in Germany, has called for the priests in his diocese to grant “blessing ceremonies” for same-sex unions, as well as for adulterous or sinful relationships outside marriage. In a letter from November... read more

Bishop Davies laments UK’s ‘cataclysmic’ flight from marriage

10/17/2023 at 12:39 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Simon Caldwell, Catholic Herald, October 17, 2023 An English bishop has invited Catholics to propose marriage as a path to holiness to new generations in the face of a “cataclysmic” national flight from the institution. Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury told couples celebrating... read more

German bishops in tug of war over blessing same-sex unions

09/25/2023 at 11:19 AM By Kevin Edward White
By AC Wimmer, Catholic News Agency, Septemper 25, 2023 The German Bishops’ Conference convenes its plenary assembly today, setting the stage for what promises to be a pivotal gathering amid a period of unprecedented tension within the Church in Germany — and with the wider Catholic... read more

Dominican nun speaks in favor of homosexuals being able to marry in the Church

09/22/2023 at 10:02 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Nicolas de Cardenas, ACI Prensa Staff/ Catholic News Agency, September 22, 2023 Dominican Sister Lucía Caram, who lives in Spain but is Argentinian, said during a recent television program that she is in favor of homosexual couples being able to “marry in the Church.” In the show... read more

Experts unpack Vatican-recommended ‘catechumenate for marriage’

09/02/2023 at 7:26 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Rachel Hoover, Our Sunday Visitor/ Catholic Review, September 2, 2023 In 2022, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life released “Catechumenal Pathways for Married Life”, providing principles for rethinking marriage preparation in the Catholic Church. Nearly a year later,... read more

ARCHBISHOP LICENSES PRIESTS TO CONFER ‘GAY BLESSINGS’

08/29/2023 at 5:05 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Jules Gomes, ChurchMilitant.com, August 29, 2023 Authorization follows pope's failure to affirm chastity for homosexuals BERLIN (ChurchMilitant.com) - The archbishop of Berlin has released an official statement permitting priests under his jurisdiction to administer blessings to... read more

The Truth About ‘The Obedience Paradox’

06/10/2023 at 4:32 PM By Kevin Edward White
If we are to understand obedience and ‘Finding True Freedom in Marriage,’ we must focus on Mary. St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians 5:22 contains the precept, “Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord.” (photo: AlexLB / Shutterstock) John Clark Books By John Clark,... read more

The Pope, the Prime Minister, and the Elephant in the Room

05/29/2023 at 4:44 PM By Kevin Edward White

Nine Bad Arguments for Catholics Attending Invalid “Weddings”

05/26/2023 at 10:10 AM By Kevin Edward White

For Long-Term Health and Happiness, Marriage Still Matters

05/06/2023 at 1:07 PM By Kevin Edward White

Conservative Anglicans Call for Break With Archbishop of Canterbury Over Same-Sex Blessings

04/21/2023 at 10:45 PM By Kevin Edward White

Heritage Foundation president wants to ‘completely tear out’ same-sex ‘marriage’

04/12/2023 at 10:16 PM By Kevin Edward White

BRING COURTSHIP BACK

02/11/2023 at 4:16 PM By Kevin Edward White

The Marriage/Parenthood Disconnect

02/07/2023 at 9:53 PM By Kevin Edward White

Husbands, Lead and Cherish Your Wives

01/27/2023 at 5:26 PM By Kevin Edward White

U.S. bishops say religious freedom protections in same-sex marriage bill are ‘insufficient’

11/18/2022 at 10:35 AM By Kevin Edward White