The problem with this issue of indivisibility and indissolubility is firstly that they both constitute two sides of the same coin. If there is no division, there cannot be dissolution. Whenever there ...

This somewhat sidelined topic offers insight into how norms are developed under Pope Francis' leadership. Every week, La ...

Thomas More, who gave his life defending the Church’s teaching on the indissolubility of marriage when Henry VIII sought a divorce. For several decades, however, lay defenders of the sacramental ...

Before an audience of 250 Italian newlyweds, Pope Paul VI declared that legislators should “venerate, honor and defend” the indissolubility of marriage. Premier Mariano Rumor urged his ...

Francis has set up an 11-member committee "seeking to simplify and streamline [the procedure] while safeguarding the principle of the indissolubility of marriage," the Vatican said in a statement. In ...

Instead, the pope took the "personalist" approach. Without compromising norms like fidelity and indissolubility, he articulated a Catholic vision of marriage that can resonate even with a post ...

Even when the Philippines is the last bastion of absolute marriage, the moral truth remains that divorce is against God's will ...