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Study: Cohabiting couples have more doubts about their relationship than married couples

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:50:45 -0400

WASHINGTON – A new study found that in 11 countries across the globe, cohabiting couples have more doubts about their relationship lasting and give less importance to their relationship than married couples do.

Figure of Speech: Listen to what the Lord wants us to hear

jturcotte@catholicregister.org (Gerry Turcotte ) — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:51:57 -0400

Mondegreens are those wonderful phenomena in language where a misheard phrase is substituted for the real thing, usually in music. The term comes from American writer Sylvia Wright who explained that she misheard the phrase “and laid him on the green” in a Scottish ballad as “and Lady Mondegreen.”

Reach out to cohabitating couples, support newlyweds, Pope urges

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:34:36 -0400

ROME – The Catholic Church must reach out to couples living together without being married, Pope Francis told those involved in family ministry in the Diocese of Rome.

Marriage faces uphill climb, survey finds

ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) — Sun, 20 May 2018 10:35:33 -0400

OTTAWA – More than half of Canadians think marriage is unimportant, according to a new Angus Reid poll. That stark statistic has defenders of traditional marriage a little troubled.