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Tag Archives: marriage
Archbp. Dolan issues a warning to Pres. Obama: Stop attacking marriage and religious liberty!
I found this to be pretty interesting. I urge you to read the whole thing. It is perhaps the best presentation of the issues I have seen in a brief form. Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York City has sent, … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged Archbp. Dolan, Defense of Marriage, DOMA, Golinski v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management, homosexuality, marriage, POTUS, Pres. Obama, same-sex unions, USCCB
50 Comments
50 Comments
QUAERITUR: Things omitted from marriage rite. Was it valid?
From a reader: I attended a wedding recently. A Catholic woman married an unbaptized man in what was just the blessing- not the full Nuptial Mass. The priest allowed (!) the unbaptized groom to omit the “In the name of … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, The Drill
Tagged exchange of vows, marriage, nuptial rite
18 Comments
18 Comments
CNN’s Piers Morgan v Catholics
The Catholic League responded to Piers Morgan’s remark to presidential candidate Rick Santorum. Last night on CNN, Piers Morgan asked presidential candidate Rick Santorum about his views on gay marriage. Santorum said he favored the traditional understanding of marriage, citing … Read More
Bp. Cordileone on Gov. Cuomo, NY legislature’s promotion of contrary-to-nature unions
The chairman of the USCCB’s subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage has reacted to the Gov. Cuomo’s and the NY state legislature’s promotion of the legalization of contrary-to-nature unions. This is the USCCB press release: BISHOP CORDILEONE EXPRESSES … Read More
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, One Man & One Woman
Tagged Bp. Cordileone, Gov. Cuomo, marriage, New York, same-sex unions, USCCB
14 Comments
14 Comments
Archbp. Nienstedt and the defense of true marriage
In this week’s number of The Catholic Spirit, the newspaper and site of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, His Excellency Most Rev. John Nienstedt has a column about the Minnesota Marriage Amendment, that is, a defense of real … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Archbp. Nienstedt, Archd. St. Paul and Minneapolis, Defense of Marriage, marriage, Minnesota Marriage Amendment, same-sex unions
16 Comments
16 Comments
QUAERUNTUR: More questions about Universae Ecclesiae
From a reader: I have a couple of questions [Looks like more than a couple.] !. In regards to Breviarium Romanum. “Summorum Pontificum gives clerics the faculty to use the Breviarum Romanum in effedt in 1962, which is to be … Read More
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Universae Ecclesiae
Tagged Anglican Ordinariate, marriage, matrimony, Sarum Rite, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Universae Ecclesiae
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Archbp. Dolan reacts to Pres. Obama’s betrayal of DOMA
From the site of the USCCB. My emphases and comments: Archbishop Dolan Calls Refusal to Defend Defense of Marriage Act an ‘Alarming and Grave Injustice’ WASHINGTON (March 3, 2011)— “Our nation and government have the duty to recognize and protect … Read More
ALERT! WDTPRS POLL ACTION ALERT!
ALERT! Right after helping this blog by voting in the Reader’s Choice Award (click at the right), would you look at this poll on the site of the Wall Street Journal? Here are the results at the time of this … Read More
QUAERITUR: I am unsure about whether my marriage is valid.
From a reader: Can ones marriage be valid if it is clear that impediments listed in Canon Law were present at the time of the marriage (and continued to be as well) ? If not valid, then can the couple … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged marriage, validity
13 Comments
13 Comments
A natural law argument
I bring to your attention an exchange between Sherif Girgis, Ryan T. Anderson and Robert P. George, on the one hand, and Barry Deutsch on the other, and then the response of Girgis, Anderson and George. Click HERE. At issue … Read More
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