“Marriage preparation is a fantastic opportunity for evangelization, catechesis and pastoral care—our diocese dropped the ball on this opportunity.”

My father was a decorated New York City police officer, but he retired early to focus on his drinking.

Their invalid marriages put these Catholics on the margins of the church.

In the hyper-curated, beautiful world that Dev lives in, a scene that conveys the touching, ugly stubbornness of marriage seems totally impossible.

Turns out, like having a kid or climbing Mount Everest or doing anything worth doing, you can’t sorta get married.

Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ and ‘Amoris Laetitia’ were released a year ago. Both offer an important—often fundamentally different—look into love and marriage.