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Where there's a Will, there's a way

By Regis Flaherty. Movie star's take on divorce refreshing as 70 percent of Americans say it is morally acceptable

What God Intended

Homily Background for October 7, 2012 - Year B. (Subscription required)

Wedding-bell blues

The editorial for the week of May 20, 2007, from OSV Newsweekly.

The Walking Wounded

Editor's Opinion by Msgr. Owen Campion. Declarations of nullity; the divorce mentality; vocation of marriage. (Subscription required)

The Kennedy-Rauch annulment that never was

This article free for all visitors. Despite headlines that claimed the Vatican 'reversed' its decision, the couple's marriage wasn't annulled in 1996

By Emily Stimpson. Church ministry needs to move from patching up hurt feelings to presenting the tough but loving truths of the Church’s teachings on marriage and divorce, even if it is a tough pill for some faithful to swallow

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By Father Francis Hoffman, J.C.D. The Catholic Answer to your questions about sacraments, liturgy, traditions, canon law and faith in everyday life.

Symbol of broken society

Priest shortage is a symptom of problems in our culture -- ailing families and selfishness

Starting the revolution without children in mind

In the brave new world, kids are left behind as 'mom-and-pop' families decline.

Robert P. Lockwood: Same-sex marriage is fraying the knot

Claiming that marriage is between any two people strips it of its importance to the health of society. Subscription required

Princess treatment

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Will the daughter of Spain’s king be granted special consideration when petitioning for an ‘annulment’?

Party all night long and celebrate the divorce

Bashes include cakes, hearses and games

Our Takes: Donor-conceived people seek identities

Our Takes for August 29, 2010

New heavens, new earth

By Msgr. M. Francis Mannion. Just as humankind will be saved by God's grace, so all creation will be raised up

Msgr M. Francis Mannion: The Pauline Privilege

It involves the dissolution of marriages by the Church and is still used in canonical processes today. Subscription required

Misunderstanding of process yields to release, closure, elation

In Focus article by Mary DeTurris Poust. A personal reflection

Mending marriage

This editorial column has free access for all visitors. Couples themselves, with the support of communities, including the parish, must do the heavy lifting.

Marriage as a blessing

By Carl Olson. At its core, the Sacrament of Matrimony is the deepest and most profound of human communions.

Marriage and the left

By Russell Shaw. Signs that secular liberals facing up to the multiple problems with marriage in the United States

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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor about modesty, divorce, social justice and cohabitation. Subscription required

Latest trend: Couples sue each other over embryos

As more divorce cases highlight the plight of these humans, theologians debate how the magisterium should respond. By James Penrice.

July 17 Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor about culture wars, divorce, homosexuality, clergy sexual abuse and marriage. Subscription required

In Focus: What Every Catholic Needs to Know about Catholic Marriage

By OSV Staff. What the Church teaches — and doesn’t — about marriage, divorce and annulments

In Focus: Wedding Daze

By Mike Sullivan. With divorce and cohabitation increasing and the number of Catholic marriages dropping altogether, it's time for a 'revolution' that starts with you

In Focus: Recovering the Faith

By Lorene Hanley Duquin. Whether they just drifted away or left because of a hurt, Catholics who no longer practice are welcomed back into Christ’s fold. Subscription required

In Focus: Applying theology of the body to societal problems

By Emily Stimpson. A deeper understanding of our bodies' physical and spiritual dimensions can shed light on the harmful, distorted views of society

How 'no-fault' divorce has fractured U.S. society

This article has free access for all visitors. By Emily Stimpson. Marriage advocates are trying to put halt to legal concept that allows one spouse to leave union for no given reason

How ‘macro’ events can shape our individual financial lives

By Phil Lenahan. Cultural changes such as breakdown of family cause more government involvement, higher tax burdens

His money, hers or the Lord's

With finances given as the cause of many divorces, couples should examine how they are handling their cash and review spending habits.

Healing the Children of Divorce

By Charles Dickson. Scars can last a lifetime unless there is some supportive counseling

Healing for divorced Catholics

This article has free access for all visitors. By Susan K. Rowland. God loves, comforts and blesses the divorced who turn to him in their sorrow

Healing after abortion

By Msgr. M. Francis Mannion. Women who have aborted their children can find forgiveness in sacramental confession

Has Great Recession improved marital unions?

By Brian Fraga. Experts expect an uptick in divorce as economy improves, but many marriages have grown stronger. Subscription required

God Lives: Pressures on marriage

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Cultural attitudes that contradict Gospel teachings contribute to the high divorce rates these days

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Exclusive analysis: National Catholic marriage rate plummets

By Mark M. Gray. The number of marriages being celebrated in the Church has dropped nearly 60 percent since 1972

Editor's Opinion: Following in Stride

Monsignor Owen F. Campion, editor of The Priest, writes that most Catholics in the United States live and accept the American culture.

Editorial: U.S. society is divorced from reality of marriage

In many ways, Catholics in the Western Hemisphere are adopting the behaviors of secular society.

Editorial: Real marriage crisis

While gay marriage may seek to redefine marriage, heterosexuals have done a pretty good job of showing that they have little faith that “what God has joined together, no human being must separate” (Mt 19:6).

Diagnosing spike in busted boomer marriages

By Cory Busse. Keeping unions strong even years after exchanging wedding vows requires communication and perseverance, says Catholic author

Clearing up annulment misconceptions

By Dennis Poust and Mary DeTurris Poust. There’s a lot of bad information floating around about annulments. We separate fact from fiction

And you thought Church annulments were too easy

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