Arranged Marriage - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 02 Oct 2023 04:48:40 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Arranged Marriage - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Catholic teaching about marriage responsible of emergence of WEIRD culture https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/10/02/catholic-teaching-about-marriage-responsible-of-emergence-of-weird-culture/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 06:59:02 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=164444 Joseph Henrich, an agnostic, credits the Catholic Church for shaping WEIRD culture, which represents less than 1% of the world's population and is characterized by being Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic. In his analysis, he connects the term "weird" to a significant event in global history - the implementation of the "Marriage and Family Read more

Catholic teaching about marriage responsible of emergence of WEIRD culture... Read more]]> Joseph Henrich, an agnostic, credits the Catholic Church for shaping WEIRD culture, which represents less than 1% of the world's population and is characterized by being Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic.

In his analysis, he connects the term "weird" to a significant event in global history - the implementation of the "Marriage and Family Programme" by the Catholic Church starting in the 6th century. The Catholic teaching held to the free consent of both parties to marriage. It forbids marriages between close relatives.

Limiting eligible marriage partners resulted in people having to search for spouses outside their extended clan. This increased relational mobility, which weakened the power of patriarchs in arranging marriages to foster clan alliances. With weakened clans, there was greater commerce, capitalism, free markets, inalienable rights, and democracy. Read more

Catholic teaching about marriage responsible of emergence of WEIRD culture]]> 164444 Tinder Priest claims 270 married couples and no Divorces https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/08/10/tinder-priest-claims-270-married-couples-and-0-ddvorces/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 07:59:31 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=162466 Realising that Western society was becoming increasingly secularised and practising Catholics were finding it difficult to meet romantic prospects who shared their core values and beliefs, Father Fernando Cuevas took it upon himself to help them. The Spanish priest from the city of Valencia has been dubbed the "Tinder Priest" because of his impressive matchmaking Read more

Tinder Priest claims 270 married couples and no Divorces... Read more]]> Realising that Western society was becoming increasingly secularised and practising Catholics were finding it difficult to meet romantic prospects who shared their core values and beliefs, Father Fernando Cuevas took it upon himself to help them.

The Spanish priest from the city of Valencia has been dubbed the "Tinder Priest" because of his impressive matchmaking record - 270 marriages and no divorces.

Fernando claims that the two most essential factors to a successful match are height - the man has to be taller than the woman - and place of residence.

No matter how good a match looks on paper, the relationship is unlikely to work if the candidates live far away from one another. Read more

Tinder Priest claims 270 married couples and no Divorces]]> 162466 New Zealand not in a position to judge arranged marriages https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/07/05/new-zealand-not-position-judge-arranged-marriages/ Mon, 04 Jul 2016 16:50:49 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=84372 Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse said New Zealand was not in a position to judge the 400 visas issued each year for women to enter the country for an arranged marriage. He was responding to a question at the National Party conference in Christchurch from a delegate concerned at domestic violence cases within arranged marriages going Read more

New Zealand not in a position to judge arranged marriages... Read more]]> Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse said New Zealand was not in a position to judge the 400 visas issued each year for women to enter the country for an arranged marriage.

He was responding to a question at the National Party conference in Christchurch from a delegate concerned at domestic violence cases within arranged marriages going through the Manukau Court. Continue reading

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