Bishop Jean Laffitte - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:05:02 +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 Bishop Jean Laffitte - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Mixed marriages bring extra challenges https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/04/16/mixed-marriages-bring-extra-challenges/ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:03:05 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=42830 When Catholics marry someone of a different religion they will face extra challenges — and Church leaders must learn how to help them meet the challenges of these mixed marriages, a Vatican official says. The secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Bishop Jean Laffitte, was commenting on a research project conducted by the Read more

Mixed marriages bring extra challenges... Read more]]> When Catholics marry someone of a different religion they will face extra challenges — and Church leaders must learn how to help them meet the challenges of these mixed marriages, a Vatican official says.

The secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Bishop Jean Laffitte, was commenting on a research project conducted by the Catholic bishops of Lebanon.

The project looked at the realities and challenges of marriages between Christians of different traditions and between a Catholic and a Muslim.

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