Catholics are against divorce in theory, but not in practice. That sad truth has led to countless Catholic marriages and families shattered, causing a ripple effect of destruction through generations.

I always believed that the moment you even thought about divorce in a marriage you had failed. Somehow, many think, opening up the possibility of splitting will inevitably lead to the unmentionable ...

Faith is bad for families. But statistically speaking, cruel, repressed, and unhappy religious unions are the exception. The data shared in my new book Get Married is clear: Couples who go to church ...

Historically Christian views on marriage went through a phase of being very restrictive from the Early Church Fathers to the Middle Ages. Marriage was seen as sacred and indissoluble. Those who ...

Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a pluralistic society.

British law recognizes divorce; priests of England’s state church are thus legally entitled—like other ministers—to remarry divorced people. But if they do, they face a growing current of conservatism ...