Quick Reflections on Witnessing Reality
“Just as our thoughts shape the language we use,
so too the language we use shapes our thinking and the content of our discussions.”
Archbishop Charles Chaput, Synod on the Family, 2015
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Marriage Reality
Reintroducing the
Reality of MarriageCan You
Define Marriage?Why the Term
Marriage RealityMarriage, the
Privileged InstitutionMore Than a
Committed RelationshipThe Circle of IrreplaceabilityMarriage
Without SexMarriage and
Natural LawRegular Families vs.
Natural FamiliesDitch “Same-Sex
Marriage”Ditch “One Man,
One Woman”Ditch
“Alternative Family”Ditch “A Mother
and a Father”Ditch
“Marriage Binds”
Reality of MarriageCan You
Define Marriage?Why the Term
Marriage RealityMarriage, the
Privileged InstitutionMore Than a
Committed RelationshipThe Circle of IrreplaceabilityMarriage
Without SexMarriage and
Natural LawRegular Families vs.
Natural FamiliesDitch “Same-Sex
Marriage”Ditch “One Man,
One Woman”Ditch
“Alternative Family”Ditch “A Mother
and a Father”Ditch
“Marriage Binds”
Discerning Rights
Unwitting Cooperation
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Basics
- ‘We have been living under a lawless regime’; Catholics celebrate Trump overhauls
- Support Resources for Happier Families
- Talking Points for Taking Back Marriage
- Resistance – Living in Truth
- 40 Percent of U.S. Children Born to Unmarried Parents
- Believing and Knowing
- Family Structure Affects Likelihood of Child Abuse
- The Cost of Contraception and the Joy of the Gospel of Life
- More Americans Living Together, Having Babies Before Marriage
- If We Want to Restore Marriage, We Have to Learn This Technique
- Why Did We Forget How to Date?
- RISE Up and Be a Man
- Let Clarity and Compassion Define Sexual Identity Discussions, Bishops Say
- Consensual Non-Monogamy Bad Math
- Boys Will be Boys … but Men Should Know Better
- Hate the Sin, but Love the Sinner — How Do I Do That?
- Remember, the Children are Listening
- Marriage Catechumenates Taking Hold in the US
- Marriage Is an Important Tool in the Fight Against Poverty
- Are You Loving or Using? — Video
- The Spiritual and Emotional Costs of Porn Use
- Pew Research: Continuing Rise in Cohabitation
- A Handbook for Faithfully Interpreting Amoris Laetitia
- Reflection: Marriage, and God, are Found in the Ordinary
- Christian Hope and False Idols
- Society’s Crisis in Masculinity, A Call to Battle
- How the New Curriculum Undermines the Family
- Reframing the Marriage Dialogue Reveals Reality
- What is Marriage in Reality?
- Understating the Marriage ‘Commitment’
- Thomas Aquinas and the Art of Making a Public Argument
- Explaining the Reality of Marriage
- Cardinal Wuerl Responds to “Aggressive Gender Ideology” with Reality
- Time for Healing, not Lamenting
- Cardinals Address Amoris Laetitia; CDF Prefect Says Church’s Teaching has not Changed
- Married and Consecrated People in the Church
- Know the Difference Between Sin and Sinner, Pope Francis Says
- How Pope Francis Thinks We Should Change Marriage Prep
- How to Draw Your Child Back to the Church
- Marriage and Family in Gaudium et Spes and Today
- Reflection About Love: God Wants Your Happiness
- EWTN’s Jim and Joy Pinto support MRM
- “We need to call people to perseverance in grace … not confirm them in their errors”
- Truth is About Reality, Not Ideas — Tip 1
- The First Step: Resistance
- The Reality of Marriage and Adoption
- “Let’s Talk”
- Witnessing to People with SSA
- Pope Emeritus Benedict Seeks Shepherds for the Whole World
- Video Companion to Getting the Marriage Conversation Right
- The Reality of Liberty
- Ideological Temptation
- Let Us Welcome Children!
- What Couples Do Before “I Do” Matters
- Let Us Welcome Children!
- Truth-Revealing Testimony About Marriage
- Society of Orphans?
- How Family Teaches Us
- Talking About Marriage
- The Holy Vocation of Mary & Joseph
- Discussing Homosexuality is a Delicate Matter
- Ditch “Marriage Binds”
- Marriage and Natural Law
- Regular Families vs. Natural Families
- Marriage Reality for Children, Part 2
- There are No Gays or Lesbians
- Marriage Without Sex
- Ditch “It’s About the Children”
- The Sexual Urge
- Marriage and the Right of Children
- Ditch “One Man, One Woman”
- Ditch “Alternative Family”
- Ditch “Same-Sex Marriage”
- Ditch “A Mother and A Father”
- A Word on Polygamy
- More Than a Committed Relationship
- The Circle of Irreplaceability
- Reintroducing the Reality of Marriage
- Marriage Reality for Children
- Can you define marriage?
- Why the term Marriage Reality
- Corrupting Children
- Turning Minefields into Positive Experiences
- Marriage, the Privileged Institution
- Penalized for Putting Children First
Children
- ‘We have been living under a lawless regime’; Catholics celebrate Trump overhauls
- ‘Give Voice to the Pain’: This Catholic Ministry Seeks to Help Adult Children of Divorce
- Choosing Ideology over Rights of Children
- New York Bishops Condemn ‘Dangerous’ Surrogacy Bill
- Michigan Endangers The Rights Of Children Who Have Lost Their Parents
- Tennessee Bill Would Enable Children’s Rights Protection in Adoption
- New Bill Could Mean More Scholarships For Catholic Schools Nationwide
- Philadelphia Foster Families Continue Fight for Catholic Social Services
- AR Developments Pose New Threat to Child Rights and Family
- Philadelphia Foster Parents Join Discrimination Lawsuit
- Smartphones Drive Rise in Teen Sexting
- What’s destroying kids – smartphones or distracted parents?
- Why Catholics are Leaving the Faith by Age 10
- U.S. Bishops Back Adoption / Foster Care Provider Religious Freedom
- Organization Works to Revolutionize Orphanages
- Marriage Reduces Child Poverty, but Our Welfare System Penalizes Marriage
- Canadian Law Erasing Moms And Dads
- The Double Mommy Trap: Two Mothers and No Rights for Junior
- Children Born Outside Marriage Slightly Declines for Surprising Reason
- Corruption of Children through Comprehensive Sex Education
- New California “LGBT” Curriculum
- Choosing Ideology Over Life
- Kids Being Exposed to Porn is Abuse, Australian Bishops Say
- Italian Bishops Blast “Sad Human Market”
- Marriage Redefinition Consequences for the Unborn
- Support for Dolce & Gabbana
- Human Guinea Pigs in Giant Social Experiment
- Society of Orphans?
- Changing Language is Changing Culture
- What Redefining Marriage Really Means: Hidden Consequences
- The Rights of Children
Family
- ‘Give Voice to the Pain’: This Catholic Ministry Seeks to Help Adult Children of Divorce
- In UN Message, Pope Francis Decries Abortion and Family Breakdown
- New Hope with Commission Forming to Study Human Rights
- Tennessee Bill Would Enable Children’s Rights Protection in Adoption
- Philadelphia Foster Families Continue Fight for Catholic Social Services
- AR Developments Pose New Threat to Child Rights and Family
- Family Structure Affects Likelihood of Child Abuse
- Link Between Family Destruction and Identity Politics: Mary Eberstadt
- Pope Francis: The Future of the World Depends on the Family
- The Outcry that Restored Adoption Tax Credit to GOP Proposal
- How Identity Shapes Divorce Decisions
- Marriage, Parenting, and Why Millennials Reverse the Two
- Fargo Boy Mows Lawns for Father He Never Met
- U.S. Bishops Back Adoption / Foster Care Provider Religious Freedom
- Nigerian Bishop: Evangelize Though Family, Social Media
- Canadian Law Erasing Moms And Dads
- The Double Mommy Trap: Two Mothers and No Rights for Junior
- Children Born Outside Marriage Slightly Declines for Surprising Reason
- What is Marriage in Reality?
- African Bishops Pledge to Protect, Defend Family
- Fatima Visionary Predicted ‘Final Battle’ Would be Over Marriage, Family
- Choosing Ideology Over Life
- Pope: Media Missed the Real Family Crisis in Covering Communion, Remarriage
- First Thoughts on “Amoris Laetitia”
- Papal Preacher: Time to Reintroduce Marriage
- Italian Bishops Blast “Sad Human Market”
- RELEASE: Married Couple Announced as Patron Saints
- Marriage Redefinition Consequences for the Unborn
- Pope Francis: Synod was about Affirming Family, Indissoluble Marriage
- Final Synod Document Strongly Backs Church Teaching, Beauty of Family life
- “I” Over “We” is Bad for the Family
- Don’t Let Family Hurts Become Despair
- “The Family Must Be Defended”
- Restore Faith in the Family
- Luminous Teachings Left Out of Synod
- Support for Dolce & Gabbana
- The Spread of Ideological Colonization
- Scientific Support of the Family
- Threats to the Family
- Changing Language is Changing Culture
- The Holy Vocation of Mary & Joseph
- What Redefining Marriage Really Means: Hidden Consequences
Love and Sexuality
- ‘We have been living under a lawless regime’; Catholics celebrate Trump overhauls
- New York Bishops Condemn ‘Dangerous’ Surrogacy Bill
- Why Aren’t Americans Having Sex?
- Pope Francis Addresses Homosexuality in New Book on Clergy
- The Tragedy of Self-Indulgent Sex
- 2nd Annual San Francisco Marriage Truth Chain – April 15
- The Boundaries of Sexual Consent
- Mapping the New Mating Market: A Review of Cheap Sex
- Why this Catholic Takes Issue with ‘Gay’ and ‘Straight’ Labels
- Sex Education in California Sparks Culture Clash
- Why Catholics Uncomfortable with ‘Amoris’ Aren’t ‘Dissenters’
- How to Fix our Broken Sexual Culture, According to Archbishop Chaput
- How Hookup Culture is Making Women Miserable
- Choosing Ideology Over Life
- Porn and the Curse of Total Sexual Freedom
- First Thoughts on “Amoris Laetitia”
- Marriage Redefinition Consequences for the Unborn
- Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ and the Death of the Birth Certificate
- AP Poll Asked the Wrong Questions
- Marriage Decision “A Tragic Error”
- Human Guinea Pigs in Giant Social Experiment
- The Spread of Ideological Colonization
Marriage
- Remarriage after divorce is ‘logically impossible’
- ‘Give Voice to the Pain’: This Catholic Ministry Seeks to Help Adult Children of Divorce
- Choosing Ideology over Rights of Children
- New Hope with Commission Forming to Study Human Rights
- Marriage Prep Helps; Pope Francis Says More Thorough Prep is Needed
- In a Changed Country, Poor Americans Miss the Benefits of Marriage Most
- Young U.S. Adults Not Tying Knot, Recent Study Shows
- 2nd Annual San Francisco Marriage Truth Chain – April 15
- U.S. Bishops Kick Off National Marriage Week
- Commentary: Why Australia Lost Marriage
- Georgetown Pro-Marriage Group Faces Sanctions after Students Complain
- The Myth of ‘Happy Divorce’
- Research Says Millennials Still Value Marriage, but for the Right Reason?
- Marriage, Parenting, and Why Millennials Reverse the Two
- Matrimony Does Not Mean Legal Roommates
- Costly Weddings Could Be Crippling for New Marriages
- What Does It Take to Renew Marriage? This Archdiocese Plans to Find Out
- Marriage Reality vs. Marriage Redefinition
- Reflection: Marriage, and God, are Found in the Ordinary
- Why Catholics Uncomfortable with ‘Amoris’ Aren’t ‘Dissenters’
- Marriage Prep Should Be Time of Evangelization, Catechesis, Pope Tells Roman Rota
- Marriage Reduces Child Poverty, but Our Welfare System Penalizes Marriage
- Texas Legislature Rethinking ‘No-Fault’ Divorce
- Redefining Marriage Doesn’t Redefine Birth Certificates, Court Says
- Children Born Outside Marriage Slightly Declines for Surprising Reason
- About Those Unthinking, Backward Catholics
- What is Marriage in Reality?
- How Bishop Corrected Error of Sen.Tim Kaine on Marriage
- Understating the Marriage ‘Commitment’
- Explaining the Reality of Marriage
- Fatima Visionary Predicted ‘Final Battle’ Would be Over Marriage, Family
- Resist ‘Ideological Colonization’, Cardinal Sarah Urges at Prayer Breakfast
- What the Biblical Teaching Says to Us Today
- Pope: Media Missed the Real Family Crisis in Covering Communion, Remarriage
- How Pope Francis Thinks We Should Change Marriage Prep
- First Thoughts on “Amoris Laetitia”
- Papal Preacher: Time to Reintroduce Marriage
- Swiss Reject Marriage Initiative
- Pornography Affecting the Marriage Rate?
- The Magi and Marriage
- From Hesitant Observers to Front-Line Leaders
- Is This the Future of Marriage Prep in the Church?
- Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ and the Death of the Birth Certificate
- Pope Francis: Synod was about Affirming Family, Indissoluble Marriage
- Bill May to bishops and Catholic leaders: MRM won’t rest till marriage reality restored
- New Movement Hopes to Share the Reality of Marriage
- EWTN Interview about the Marriage Reality Movement
- Marriage as a Matter of Social Justice
- The Urgency for Moving the Launch of the Marriage Reality Movement
- Archbishop Cordileone Joins Marriage Reality Movement Launch
- What’s Destroying Catholic Marriages?
- Note to GOP Candidates
- What Now? Message to Marriage Reality Movement Members
- The Time for Defending Marriage is Over
- Marriage Decision “A Tragic Error”
- What Redefining Marriage Really Means
- The Future of Marriage Hangs in the Balance
- How to Get Millennials to Marry
- Catholic Marriage Counselors Cut Off
- Luminous Teachings Left Out of Synod
- Support for Dolce & Gabbana
- Big Business Lobbies for Redefinition of Marriage
- How You Can Help Take Back Marriage
- Human Guinea Pigs in Giant Social Experiment
- The Spread of Ideological Colonization
- Faith Makes a Marriage
- Marriage Reality Movement Announced
- The Marriage Reality Movement
- Changing Language is Changing Culture
- Talking About Marriage
- Marriage: The Divine Plan
- What Redefining Marriage Really Means: Hidden Consequences
- The Society of Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin
- An Ideal to Rediscover
Pornography
- How Going Online Might Help You Stop Watching Pornography
- Why Aren’t Americans Having Sex?
- Catholic University Students Vote to Block Porn
- New Documentary Shows Individual, Societal Threat of Pornography
- Study Claims Porn Benefits Questioned by Atheist Author
- Smartphones Drive Rise in Teen Sexting
- Georgetown Pro-Marriage Group Faces Sanctions after Students Complain
- Most Convincing Argument Against Porn? Science!
- Mapping the New Mating Market: A Review of Cheap Sex
- More State Legislatures Recognize Pornography’s Harm
- Porn and the Curse of Total Sexual Freedom
- Kids Being Exposed to Porn is Abuse, Australian Bishops Say
- Pornography Affecting the Marriage Rate?
- Confronting the Porn Epidemic: A Major Goal for the U.S. Bishops
- The Problem of Porn: Are Bishops Talking About It?
Press Releases
- Marriage Reality Movement® Advisor Appointed Orange Diocese Chancellor
- New California “LGBT” Curriculum
- RELEASE: Movement Aims to Reintroduce Marriage
- Introducing the New Marriage Reality Movement Logo
- The Urgency for Moving the Launch of the Marriage Reality Movement
- Marriage Reality Movement Announced
- The Marriage Reality Movement
Rights
- ‘We have been living under a lawless regime’; Catholics celebrate Trump overhauls
- AR Developments Pose New Threat to Child Rights and Family
- Black Frocks Won’t Empower Women, Marriage Will
- Bishop Conley: Women’s Rights are Human Rights
- The Double Mommy Trap: Two Mothers and No Rights for Junior
- Note to GOP Candidates
- What Now? Message to Marriage Reality Movement Members
- Marriage Decision “A Tragic Error”
- Court May Deny Religious Liberty of Catholic Schools
- Support for Dolce & Gabbana
- The Rights of Children
The Movement
- Talking Points for Taking Back Marriage
- MRM Announces Resistance Campaign to Members
- 2nd Annual San Francisco Marriage Truth Chain – April 15
- Marriage Reality Movement® Advisor Appointed Orange Diocese Chancellor
- MRM Advisor Archbishop Niederauer Passes to Eternal Life
- Marriage Reality Movement Theological Advisor to Head Seminary
- MRM Advisor Appointed Theological Consultant to Orange County Bishop’s Office
- What is Marriage in Reality?
- Are We Just Twisting in the Wind?
- How to Draw Your Child Back to the Church
- EWTN’s Jim and Joy Pinto support MRM
- RELEASE: Movement Aims to Reintroduce Marriage
- From Hesitant Observers to Front-Line Leaders
- New Movement Hopes to Share the Reality of Marriage
- Meeting Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, witnessing the launch of a movement
- EWTN Interview about the Marriage Reality Movement
- Introducing the New Marriage Reality Movement Logo
- The Urgency for Moving the Launch of the Marriage Reality Movement
- The First Step: Resistance
- Archbishop Cordileone Joins Marriage Reality Movement Launch
- The Time for Defending Marriage is Over
- Video Companion to Getting the Marriage Conversation Right
- How You Can Help Take Back Marriage
- Marriage Reality Movement Announced
- The Marriage Reality Movement
- Talking About Marriage
- The Society of Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin
- Turning Minefields into Positive Experiences
- An Ideal to Rediscover
- About the Marriage Reality Movement Coalition