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We believe that the only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman (Gen. 2:24; Rom. 7:2; 1 Cor. 7:10; Eph. 5:22, 23). We deplore the evils of divorce and remarriage. We regard adultery as the only scripturally justifiable grounds for divorce; and the party guilty of adultery has by his or her act forfeited membership in the ...
We believe that the only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman (Gen. 2:24; Rom. 7:2; 1 Cor. 7:10; Eph. 5:22, 23). We deplore the evils of divorce and remarriage. We regard adultery as the only scripturally justifiable grounds for divorce; and the party guilty of adultery has by his or her act forfeited membership in the ...
The Catholic Church has influenced the status of women in various ways: condemning abortion, divorce, incest, polygamy, and counting the marital infidelity of men as equally sinful to that of women. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The church holds abortion and contraception to be sinful, recommending only natural birth control methods. [ 5 ]
On Wednesday, in front of his weekly general audience, he said that sometimes divorce is "inevitable." He also said, "Sometimes it can become even morally Pope Francis says divorce is sometimes ...
The Catholic Church teaches that sexual intercourse has a two-fold unitive and procreative purpose; [2] According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, "conjugal love ... aims at a deeply personal unity, a unity that, beyond union in one flesh, leads to forming one heart and soul", [3] since the marriage bond is to be a sign of the love ...
Women’s rights groups count no-fault divorce law as a way to make marriage — an institution that has long provided the most material benefit for the husband — more equitable for women.
The Catholic Church teaches that human life and human sexuality are inseparable. [62] Because Catholics believe that God created human beings in his own image and likeness and that he found everything he created to be "very good", [63] the Church teaches that the human body and sex must likewise be good. The Church considers the expression of ...
Just a few weeks after it went into effect, a married man and a 25-year-old woman were the first people arrested under the new law after the man’s wife sued for divorce, according to a New York ...