Pope’s three key words for a marriage: “Please, thanks, sorry”
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis sought Sunday to encourage married couples, acknowledging that the pandemic has aggravated some family problems but urging couples to seek help and always remember three key words in a marriage: “Please, thanks and sorry.” Francis penned a letter to married couples that was released Sunday, a Catholic feast day commemorating Jesus’ […]
Switzerland votes to make same-sex marriage legal by near two-thirds majority
Zurich, SwitzerlandReuters Switzerland agreed to legalise civil marriage and the right to adopt children for same-sex couples by a nearly two-thirds majority in a referendum on Sunday, making it one of the last countries in Western Europe to legalise gay marriage. According to results provided by the Swiss federal chancellery, 64.1 per cent of voters […]
Core beliefs
I’ve been happily married for 25 years this year. What wisdom can I share with you? Are you headed in the same direction? A good marriahe relies on sharing common values, says Paul Clark. PICTURE: Do your best to find someone who shares your most important values. When life is easy, it’s easy to get […]
Swallow your pride
What makes a successful marriage? PICTURE: Gift Habeshaw/Unsplash You have to learn to swallow your pride. Boy, you have to learn that – both parties. If you don’t learn to listen, understand, concede, compromise, let go of ego, apologise and forgive – you’ll create an autocracy – of one. I say that like it’s easy: […]
Marriage – keep choosing
I’ve been happily married now for 25 years. What have I learnt that I can share with you? PICTURE: Nathan Dumlao/Unsplash I chose my wife 25 years ago. Quite publicly. Forsaking all others. As long as we both shall live. It’s a decision I have to keep making. Sometimes yearly, sometimes daily. When she annoys me. When […]
Marriage – equal?
I’ve been happily married for 25 years this year. What have I learnt that I can share with you? PICTURE: Ryan Franco/Unsplash You have to marry your equal. Your best friend. And you have to see them as that. Now, of course you’re not actually equal. You’re taller, she’s smarter. You’re stronger, she’s more caring. […]
India’s top judge urged to quit for suggesting rape defendant marry victim
Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation India’s chief justice is under pressure to resign after asking a man accused of rape whether he would marry the complainant – sparking outrage and concern that his words could legitimise the notion that rapists can make amends by marrying their victims. Chief Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde posed the question during […]
Pope Francis urges marriage annulment reform, with emphasis on children’s fate
Vatican CityRNS Speaking to members of the Vatican’s highest appellate tribunal, Pope Francis called for greater attention to the consequences of marriage annulments, especially their effects on a separated couple’s children. “Sentences of the ecclesiastical judge cannot ignore the memory, made of lights and shadows, which marked a life, not only of the two spouses […]
Price of marriage pushes land out of reach in Sri Lanka
Sainthamaruthu, Sri LankaThomson Reuters Foundation It was another day of agony for Rizeena, as she waited with her family at their home in eastern Sri Lanka to meet yet another potential husband for her sister – the 46th time they have tried to find someone to marry her in the past decade. Most of these […]
Botswana opts to make land owners of wives with new law
Gaborone, BostwanaThomson Reuters Foundation A wife in Botswana can now own land alongside her husband, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said on Thursday in a boost for women that rights groups called long overdue. Prior to his amendment, the 2015 Land Policy stopped wives from owning land if their husbands already had some. A female member of […]