Dating, Cringe, and St. Thomas Aquinas

A young couple standing at the lit entrance of the Capitol Theatre at night, looking at the upcoming shows.

Given the natural and supernatural motivations to marry, one would think that young Catholics would be flocking to the altars. But they are not. Catholic marriages in the United States are down 71% from 1975, whereas priestly ordinations are only down 45%—and the number of Catholics in the U.S. has actually grown since 1975. The decline in Catholic marriages has sundry causes, but there is one…

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