In my previous post, “Why the Catholic Church Defined Marriage,” I noted that the Roman pagan world, into which the Church was born, had monogamy, but not the Christian understanding of monogamy—and ...

I'm a sixteen year old girl [. . .] For a few years I very much wanted to be a cloistered nun, and read many works and practiced some of the spirituality of different orders. However, for a while now ...

LYNDALL BERGER, at sixteen, wrote to her parents for permission to be confirmed. “Are you mad?” Sidney’s gaze was a pair of outspread arms, stopping his wife short whichever way she might turn. “Well, ...

What is your favorite wedding moment? There are so many from which to choose. From the first downbeat of music to the last crumb of cake at the reception, weddings tug at the heart and fill the photo ...

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