Marriage preparation constitutes a providential and favorable period for those oriented toward this Christian sacrament, and a Kayrós, i.e., a period in which God calls upon the engaged and helps ...

Fr. Zack Swantek, our chaplain, completed his Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) this year. In celebration, he will give a lecture on his dissertation topic: Marriage as a Healing Sacrament: ...

I would recommend The Sacrament of Same-Sex Marriage to several audiences.. First, it is a bright light for young LGBTQ Catholics and their families, who may need assurance that being gay is not a ...

As a result, it has long opposed same-sex marriage. And in 2021, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said flat-out that the church couldn’t bless the unions of two men or ...

COMMENTARY: Catholics, even when religiously illiterate and seeking a church wedding just to please the parents, nevertheless viscerally think of marriage as a ‘sacrament.’ ...

As a result, it has long opposed same-sex marriage. And in 2021 , the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said flat-out that the church couldn't bless the unions of two men or two ...

Only this union can be called 'marriage.'" Citing Amoris Laetitia, he wrote that "other forms of union realize it only in 'a partial and analogous way', so they cannot be strictly called 'marriage.'" ...

"No, what I allowed was not to bless the union. That cannot be done because that is not the sacrament. I cannot. The Lord made it that way," the Pope said, in remarks translated into English.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that marriage is considered a sacrament in Indian culture. Marriage unites the families along with the marriage of the young man and the young woman.