Marriage - Catholic Sacrament of Matrimony - Wedding
"Bringing Your Marriage Into the Church" by Msgr. Joseph M. Champlin ... "Marriage: Supernatural and Sacramental"
site: http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Sacraments/Marriage.asp

Getting Married
Step-by-step guide through the Catholic marriage ceremony and a support for couples in their preparations.
site: http://www.gettingmarried.ie/

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sacrament of Marriage
... those that separated from the Catholic Church in the first centuries, treat the contracting of marriage as a sacrament, and surround it ...
site: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09707a.htm

marriage preparation resources Home Page
Welcome couples preparing for marriage. The wealth of information presented here helps create strong unions and forever families.
site: http://www.marriagepreparation.com/

Guidelines for the Sacrament of Marriage
... a Catholic marrying a non-Catholic) obtained by the rector or his delegate; *Marriage Banns (this is a document issued by the Catholic ...
site: http://www.basilica.org/weddings.htm

Marriage - The Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist, Edmond, ...
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church is located in Edmond, Oklahoma. We are in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Our Catholic School is Saint ...
site: http://www.stjohn-catholic.org/marriage.html

Catholic.net
Largely a directory, with news stories from Zenit and National Catholic Register. Is organized in channels.
site: http://www.catholic.net/

CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
... properties of marriage and the obligations assumed by the Catholic party concerning the baptism and education of the children in the ...
site: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/matri.html

UCAN: Indian Catholic church advocates marriage prep and voluntary ...
: Indian Catholic church advocates marriage prep and voluntary HIV testing ... Catholic Church has great faith in U.N., new Vatican ...
site: http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=20751

Catholic Information Network
One of the earliest major Catholic web sites. News, web boards, mailing lists. Sections on saints, prayer, Church documents, liturgy.
site: http://www.cin.org/

FOXY CATHOLIC : The church in Mexico - President Vicente Fox's unexpected marriage, and the reaction of the Catholic Church - Brief Article
Spain's President Jose Maria Aznar greeted the Mexican press corps shortly after 9 a.m. on July 2. He began by extending "triple congratulations" to ...... (Continue Reading)

Turning wine into vinegar - marriage preparation courses in the Catholic Church
The Catholic Church requires many engaged couples to undergo premarital counseling before the ceremony. Most of these marriage preparation courses neglect ...... (Continue Reading)

Bishop brings reason to issue of gay benefits - Bishop Daniel P. Reilly speaks for Massachusetts Catholic Conference on issues relating to gay marriage
The latest skirmish in the culture wars--what rights, if any, government should recognize for committed gay partners--shows no signs of abating. Worcester, ...... (Continue Reading)

Catholic bishops hold the line - News - bishops move to tighten adherence to church teaching against contraception and legal recognition of same-sex unions
AMERICA'S CATHOLIC bishops have moved to tighten adherence to church teaching against contraception and the legal recognition of same-sex unions. Assembled ...... (Continue Reading)

Can the Catholic church be saved? While most gay Catholics agree that the new pope is likely to be conservative, some find hope in a groundswell of support
Distraught over the Roman Catholic Church's treatment of gay people, 40-year-old Sicilian native Alfredo Ormando entered St. Peter's Square in Vatican ...... (Continue Reading)

The Roman Catholic hierarchy: putting the squeeze on politicians; the Catholic Church is pursuing a new policy of aggressive interference in lawmaking
When Pope John Paul II annually addresses the ambassadors to the Vatican in his New Year's "state of the world" speech, he sets forth his priority concerns for the coming year. In his 200... (Continue Reading)

Scandal diminishes church clout; priests break ranks in Massachusetts political battle - Christ In Crisis - clergy sexual abuse investigations and same
In the four months since the clerical sexual abuse scandal began rocking the Boston archdiocese, the church's stature and prestige have been seriously ...... (Continue Reading)

Bishops oppose gay marriage, stem-cell research - World - Quebec Catholic bishops - Brief Article
CANADA: Quebec's Catholic bishops have reaffirmed church teaching against homosexual marriage and stem-cell research involving human embryos. In their ...... (Continue Reading)

United Church moderator writes to MPs on same-sex marriage
Not everyone who speaks from the Christian perspective is opposed to same-sex marriage. That is the message delivered by Rev. Peter Short, the moderator ...... (Continue Reading)

Church pays cost of abortion absolutism: polarization on issue has undermined Catholic social justice teaching
Until the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision there seemed a natural affinity between the teachings espoused by the U.S. bishops and the policies ...... (Continue Reading)