The most conspicuous is the change of the name from the “Rite of Marriage” to the “Order of Celebrating Matrimony.” This new name is more in accord with the Latin original, but it also adds something ...

Below is an excerpt from "On Faith," an Internet feature sponsored by The Washington Post and Newsweek. Each week, more than 50 figures from the world of faith engage in a conversation about an aspect ...

Marriage is a rite and not a right. It was given by God at the beginning of time to unite a man and a woman for the sole purpose of populating the world. It is the basis for the family, the bedrock of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said on ...

I applaud Guilderland Town Clerk Rosemary Centi for resigning from her appointed role as marriage officer because she feels she can't perform gay civil marriages ("Town clerk: I do not do 'I do'," ...

Somewhere around 1549, an English priest introduced love into marriage. Sort of. Thomas Cranmer, the archbishop of Canterbury during Henry VIII’s break with Rome, was the author and compiler of the ...

VATICAN CITYVATICAN CITY — The Vatican said on Monday that in very exceptional circumstances and with special permission, lay Catholics can be allowed to perform marriage rites. In a document issued ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican said on Monday that in very exceptional circumstances and with special permission, lay Catholics can be allowed to perform marriage rites. In a document issued by the Holy ...