A variety of cultural trends such as same-sex marriage and cohabitation have weakened the concept of marriage in the minds of Americans, with record numbers now saying it’s not very important to get married.
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Church Marriage Rates in Sharp Decline
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New analysis by a researcher at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) has found that the number of Catholic marriages celebrated in the Church has declined 60 percent since 1972.
U.S. Marriage Rate Hits All Time Low
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New Census Bureau data released yesterday reveals that the number of people who married last year is at the lowest level in over one hundred years.
