We’ve Made Marriage Too Difficult

I have just read a sobering report from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference on marriage and family life. In 1970, 88 per cent of Australian marriages were celebrated by ministers of religion. By 2024, that figure had fallen to 16 per cent. Within the Catholic Church, marriages celebrated in the presence of a priest or deacon fell from 8,900 in 2000 to around 3,330 in 2021. This is not…