WASHINGTON (CNS) – Marriage needs “to be preserved and strengthened, not redefined,” San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said Feb. 28 in support of the State Marriage Defense Act of 2014, introduced into the U.S. Senate by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). “Every just effort to stand for the unique meaning of marriage is worthy of […]
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Doctrine Can’t Change Over Misunderstanding
by Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Just because many Catholics do not understand the Church’s teaching about the indissolubility of marriage, that does not mean the Church can change that teaching, said Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Speaking to reporters – just days after the College […]
Manhattan Declaration; Praying for Justice (with slideshow)
At the Manhattan Declaration Returns Home conference Sept. 25 at Columbia University’s Teachers College, Manhattan, Cardinal Timothy Dolan led an interfaith prayer service prior to the presentations. Speakers included Alan E. Sears, president and CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom, and Marjorie Dannenfelser, national organizer of the Susan B. Anthony List. About 200 participants listened to […]
The State of Marriage
No one ever asked Jesus to define marriage. At least, we have no specific scriptural reference. One man united with one woman for life in mutual support and cooperating in the procreation and rearing of children was essentially normative even in pagan circles throughout the Jewish diaspora of Christ’s time. We do, however, have a […]
Religious Freedom: Conference Speakers See Threats, Say Now Is the Time to Act (with audio)
Religious liberty is facing such grave threats in the United States that Catholics must take immediate and courageous action to defend fundamental values in the public forum and in the privacy of the voting booth, according to speakers at a Sept. 20 forum. Almost 500 people assembled at St. John’s University, Jamaica, heard impassioned calls […]
Marriage Is Between A Man and a Woman
by Father John Catoir WHEN I ATTEMPTED to explain to my gay nephew, whom I love as a son, that the right to marry was not an absolute right for anyone, not even heterosexual Catholics in good standing, he was not impressed. I told him that heterosexual men and women are not permitted to marry […]
Bishops to Strengthen Teaching on Marriage
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The U.S. bishops’ attempts to defend religious freedom and the traditional definition of marriage must be accompanied by stronger efforts to educate Catholics about the Church’s real teaching on sexuality and marriage, several of the bishops said while at the Vatican. “The church doesn’t say ‘no’ because she’s […]