Interchurch Families: A Challenge for Oblates?
Mission - Unity - Dialogue
(Originally published in “Marriage, Families & Spirituality, Vol. 30 – No. 1 – 2024″, https://www.intams.org/journal/current-issue re-posted with permission)
When a Catholic married a non-Catholic Christian, before the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), such marriages were discouraged and considered very negatively. But after the council, a major reassessment began, with a Vatican document in 2020 stating “Interchurch marriages should not be regarded as problems for they are often a privileged place where the unity of Christians is built.” Does this mean an attitude adjustment, especially for Oblates who minister in parishes and retreat houses?
Click here for my nine-page article, “Changes in Marriages Between Catholics and Other Christians, 1965-2024.”
Click here for three shorter articles by other authors. All of these articles were written for the journal “Marriage, Families & Spirituality,” 30, 1, 2024.