A. The Sacrament of Matrimony is the Sacrament which unites a Christian man and woman in lawful marriage. Q. 1006. When are persons lawfully married? A. Persons are lawfully married when they ...

In our society, the beauty and greatness of married love has been so obscured that most people now view marriage as a prison: a conventional, boring, legal matter that threatens love and destroys ...

For some background, Catholics and only Catholics are required to marry “according to canonical form,” which for the most ...

When she aligns her life with virtues, Soucheray said the Holy Spirit quickens her heart. She said that when she’s too busy, all worked up or distracted, there is no room for the Holy Spirit to ...

That is why the Catholic Church believes and teaches — and will always believe and teach — that marriage is indissoluble, sacramental, and ordered to both the sanctification of the spouses and ...

In the Catholic Church, baptism is administered ... as it was clear the blessing was distinct from the sacrament of marriage. But gay and transgender people can act as witnesses at Catholic ...