“I am extremely proud of the way the team in Crosscare have responded to the crisis,” said Conor Hickey, director of Crosscare.

"To be a priest, you need to spend seven years in the seminary, so what about being a husband, a wife, a mother or a father? Just twenty hours?” commented the Bishop of Bilbao.

More than three million voters eligible to vote today in referendum to remove regulation of divorce from Constitution and reduce waiting times.

Bishop says it does not make any sense for Christians to vote for candidates or parties whose policies are at odds with Christian values.

It is important from a Christian faith perspective to vote but it would be a shame to just tick a box without first considering the social context and challenges that marriages face today.

The Pontiff's accusers say that the words and actions of Pope Francis amount to a comprehensive rejection of Catholic teaching on marriage and sexual activity, on the moral law, and on grace and the forgiveness of sins.

What concerns me about the government proposal is not even [bringing] the four years down to two years. It is that they are going to take the waiting period out of the Constitution completely and leave it up to the Oireachtas – David Quinn, Iona Institute.

But numbers of couples getting married are down, says chief matchmaker, Leona Connery.

According to the Iona Institute's analysis of Census 2016, 6 per cent of professional workers were separated or divorced compared with 18 per cent of unskilled workers.

Census 2016 Households and Families report shows 9 per cent rise in separated and divorced in Ireland.

Pope's close advisor tells ‘Let’s Talk Family: Let’s Be Family’ conference in Limerick that “Family is and will remain forever the basis of every society."

Former senator who was co-founder of Pro Life Campaign acted “out of a deep personal conviction and went to great lengths to make his point without causing offence to others” – Cora Sherlock, PLC.

The Eucharist is not a prize for the perfect, but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak – Pope Francis.

Retrouvaille weekend can 're-awaken' the initial love.

“In a way, thank God the Catholic church does say we won’t allow it, because otherwise nobody’s saying that it’s a sin.”

In new book, Pontiff states “The Church does not exist to condemn people, but to bring about an encounter with the visceral love of God’s mercy.”

Archbishop suggests it is too simplistic to infer that an authentic Christian culture of marriage has disappeared on the basis of the referendum.

God’s dream for his creation is to see it fulfilled “in the loving union between a man and a woman, rejoicing in their shared journey, fruitful in their mutual gift of self”.

“It will probably not help Catholics who are validly married and who unfortunately are in trouble with their relationship.”

US research shows optimum time to wed is between 28 and 32. Accord advises couples to work out the things "you don't want to let go of" before marrying.

Couple who both spent time on death row for crimes they did not commit tell Retrouvaille leaders that "forgiveness is the only way, in marriage too."

"Legalising gay marriage is a misguided way to show our love towards the gay community."

Archbishop of Dublin warns that healthy politics cannot be built on a culture of spin or a policy of just being against something.

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri says married couples will have a prominent role in the Synod.

The family is the basic unit of society; if the family falls apart, the whole of society will fall apart.

Church teaching is not realistic, compassionate or life-enhancing: Irish respondents.

Little attempt made to explain Church's teachings on marriage and the family.

Fewer couples in Ireland getting married than in Britain and the US.

Iona Institute report shows marital breakdown is up 500% since 1986.