"It wasn't supposed to be like this." That's how divorce starts for the Catholic couples I talked to: hard-core, confession-going, Humanae Vitae-believing Catholic couple. Couples who know exactly what marriage is supposed to be.
One man I spoke with, now divorced, took Scott Hahn's Christian marriage class with his theology-major fiance. Another couple, now divorced, made the sacrifices of building a large family and allowing the wife to stay home—because, in the ex-husband's words, "Simpleminded me, I looked at every sacrament as precious and worthy." Two others, now divorced, helped at their parish and were sacrificing to send their kids to Catholic schools. Another woman told me that, until recently, she and her husband published pamphlets on how to live a Catholic marriage better.
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