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Gloria TV News. United States Dispelling the myths US marriage expert Dr William Doherty dispelled at a national marriage conference last week five modern myths about marriage in society today which …More
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United States

Dispelling the myths

US marriage expert Dr William Doherty dispelled at a national marriage conference last week five modern myths about marriage in society today which are: 'it's foolish to get married without cohabiting'; 'it's best to wait to get married when you are financially secure'; 'if a marriage gets rotten it never gets ripe again'; 'if your marriage fails your children really want you to find another romantic relationship because they want you to be happy'; and that 'men aren't interested in relationships'.

Vatican

When God is present...

Yesterday Pope Benedict XVI celebrated a mass in Viterbo, a town in northern Lazio where the longest conclave in history took place. It lasted from December 1268 to September 1271 and elected Pope Gregory X. During his homily the pope touched on the Gospel episode of the healing of the deaf-mute and said: “When God is present the eyes of the blind see, the ears of deaf, hear, the lame "jumps" like a deer. Everything is reborn and everything comes back to life because beneficial waters irrigate the desert”. The desert is – according to the Pope - the human heart when it loses contact with God.

United Kingdom

The bishop knew about the child

Bishop Terence J. Brain of Salford allowed a diocesan priest to continue in his ministry for four years despite knowing that he had fathered a child in 2005. Father Peter McDonough who is deaf and served the region’s deaf community, recently announced that he resigns from his ministry and ‘takes responsibility’ for his son. Still he will remain the secretary of the Catholic Deaf Association.

United States

Solemn Mass in the new Carmelite Monastery

A Solemn Mass and enclosure of the newly founded Carmelite Monastery of Jesus, Mary and Joseph where celebrated in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. The Mass was conducted by Fr. Rob Howard, FSSP, the chaplain of the Monastery in the presence of His Excellency Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Harrisburg Diocese. Bishop Rhoades then processed throughout the Monastery with those clergy in attendance, following the nuns who chanted the Asperges, as he blessed the building and grounds before enclosing the new community.