The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:59:11 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb God's journey with married couples never ends /item/37070-god-s-journey-with-married-couples-never-ends /item/37070-god-s-journey-with-married-couples-never-ends

Where is God throughout marriage? As highlighted by two programs being offered in separate Ontario dioceses, God is present in the beginning, middle and end of relationships. 

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lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 23 Aug 2024 05:00:00 -0400
Marriage is communion not mere contract /opinion/columnists/item/37047-marriage-is-communion-not-mere-contract /opinion/columnists/item/37047-marriage-is-communion-not-mere-contract

Perhaps nowhere in society is the loss of the sacred more evident than in marriage and in the wedding ceremonies which solemnify a marriage.

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glenargan@catholicregister.org (Glen Argan) Register Columnists Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:03:06 -0400
Catholic seeking Catholic: the online reality /item/36444-catholic-seeking-catholic-the-online-reality /item/36444-catholic-seeking-catholic-the-online-reality

If you’d like to date, and meet, a Catholic man or woman, don’t expect TV shows to help. While platforms like Netflix offer shows such as Jewish Matchmaking, there aren’t any Catholic counterparts.

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Canada Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:30:00 -0500
Love, faith key to 70 years of marriage /item/36425-love-faith-key-to-70-years-of-marriage /item/36425-love-faith-key-to-70-years-of-marriage

For Gilda and Carmine Benincasa, their love story began inside a school in their Italian homeland. 

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lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 08 Feb 2024 09:01:52 -0500
Editorial: Marriage in the balance /columns/item/36271-editorial-marriage-in-the-balance /columns/item/36271-editorial-marriage-in-the-balance

The VaticanƵapp surprise — some might say bombshell — declaration that “irregular” domestic partnerships can be blessed by Catholic clergy will be welcomed like a Christmas gift by advocates and beneficiaries.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:52:33 -0500
New life after the wound of divorce /opinion/guest-columnists/item/35821-new-life-after-the-wound-of-divorce /opinion/guest-columnists/item/35821-new-life-after-the-wound-of-divorce

Every year over a million children experience a tragic milestone: seeing their parents divorce. In fact, when combined with unmarried parents who split up, itƵapp now estimated that fewer than half of all children today will spend their childhood together with their parents in a unified home.

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Guest Columns Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:04:22 -0400
New prefect of doctrinal office affirms natural truth about marriage /faith/item/35711-new-prefect-of-doctrinal-office-affirms-natural-truth-about-marriage /faith/item/35711-new-prefect-of-doctrinal-office-affirms-natural-truth-about-marriage

The Catholic Church must take great care to avoid rites or blessings that suggest marriage is anything other than a sacramental bond between one man and one woman, the incoming prefect of the Vatican's doctrinal office said.

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Faith Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:18:11 -0400
Two-parent family numbers stabilize in Canada /item/35365-two-parent-family-numbers-stabilize-in-canada /item/35365-two-parent-family-numbers-stabilize-in-canada

Sixty per cent of Canadian children are being raised in homes with married parents, a new study has found, a number that has stayed steady since 2016 after years of decline.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:25:27 -0400
Answer to marriage isn’t blowing in the wind /item/35243-answer-to-marriage-isn-t-blowing-in-the-wind /item/35243-answer-to-marriage-isn-t-blowing-in-the-wind

Anne and Dane MacCarthyƵapp 61-year marriage rooted their commitment to Catholic tradition.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 09 Feb 2023 10:32:20 -0500
Till debt do us remain apart /item/34747-till-debt-do-us-remain-apart /item/34747-till-debt-do-us-remain-apart

Marriage in Canada has become the preserve of the middle aged and older. The latest Statistics Canada numbers from the 2021 census show that fewer than one in five Canadians in their 20s are married.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 09 Sep 2022 08:39:38 -0400