27th Sunday Reflection: Compassion and Mercy as the Act of Love
Compassion and Mercy as the Act of Love – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 2021 – (Mark 10:2-12) Our journey as the human species shows...
Category: Marriage
Alcoholic Annulment?
Question: Can a marriage between two baptised Christians be annulled if one spouse is an alcoholic? Answer: Because all sacramental marriages are deemed valid unless proved otherwise,...
With God’s help, couple says, they found each other after being widowed
By Emily Benson – The pews were packed with friends and family at St Joseph Church in upstate New York as Joanne McKeon and Ray Germain stood...
The Glow of Love at Home
Marriage is difficult, but with love, communication and faith, it is possible to overcome obstacles, writes Günther Simmermacher Many years ago there was a song in which the...
New Marriage & Family Life Office Opens in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg
The new Marriage & Family Life Office (MFLO) has opened in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg. The MFLO begins this great mission right in the midst of the...
Family Portraits: Sometimes Messy, But Grace-Filled
By Cindy Wooden – Sometimes the Catholic Church has “proposed a far too abstract and almost artificial theological ideal of marriage, far removed from the concrete situations...
Vatican Says No Blessing Gay Unions, but No Negative Judgement on Gay People
By Carol Glatz – While homosexual men and women must be respected, any form of blessing a same-sex union is “illicit,” said the Vatican Congregation for the...
Marrying an ‘Anti-Catholic’
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: My goddaughter is considering marrying a man who will not get married in the Catholic Church and says that their children will...
Are Wedding Rings Necessary in a Catholic Wedding?
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: Is the exchange of rings necessary in a Catholic wedding ceremony? My daughter doesn’t wear any jewellery and doesn’t intend to wear...
Living Sexuality In The Church’s Embrace
By Mary Marrocco – A young Catholic couple were not engaged, but hoping to get there. At a certain point, naturally enough, Anne and Simon found it difficult...
Bishop Advises People to Delay Weddings
Weddings should be delayed “until it is safe to celebrate the sacrament [of matrimony] with greater freedom and with greater festivity”, the archdiocese of Cape Town has...
The Church Must Meet New Family Realities
In his article, “Marriage no longer means the same”, Fr Chris Townsend reflected on the different understandings of marriage of the state and the Church. He made...
