How far the Divorcepidemia can go?

Divorce is a plague of the modern world . It underlies much of modern life boredom. The damage it does to our children and their children and their children's children is immeasurable . It is almost as though we have visited a social plague of biblical proportions on our own with our disregard for marriage , home and family .And we ignore these things.

Social policy , particularly as it relates to how business activities are regulated , it does not seem ever to consider the welfare of the family . If you want to see what people really care about , look at what they serve . Judging by that standard , the American government - and the American people as well - put the almighty dollar is constantly in front of families , including , or perhaps most especially , children .
Divorce is a cause and a symptom of these values ​​, as well as a result. In this way , we have created a cycle of divorce that feeds on itself and seems to be threatening the survival of the institution of Holy Matrimony in the wider society . If we are going towards a society where only certain groups of people maintain stable homes and families , there is no better place to return to one of those groups than among faithful Catholics .
It seems that the basis for this kind of thing already be in place .
According to a recent study by the Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University , Catholics divorce . Indeed , many divorced Catholics . But compared to some other guys and gals out there , not as many divorced Catholics .
I guess it's a relief to learn that we are not as susceptible as non-Catholics to inform our marriages - and our lives and the lives of our children - on the rocks . In fact , I know it's good news . The study shows that 28 % of Catholics have been divorced at some point in their lives . I assume that this includes people who turned to Catholicism after they divorced . If that's the case , you may find the numbers for cradle Catholics be even lower. Catholics who are married to other Catholics divorce at a slightly lower rate of 27 % , so there may be something to the idea .
Protestants divorce at a rate of 39 % , 35 % are of other faiths and people of no faith at 40 % .
This means that although we are a long way from where we need to pop open the champagne and start congratulating ourselves , we have a solid foundation Catholic families to build. Our goal should ultimately transform the larger society . But for now , I think it is more than enough to look at ways to strengthen and build strong Catholic families who can raise children who will grow up to be productive adults and faithful .
I'll talk about this more later , but we're going to have to face the reality that our society is adverse to us and our values ​​. If we want to live a real good life that produce stable homes for children in transition just as stable , we face the need - not the choice , but the need - to draw our families and children out cesspools of modern life .
We can no longer rely on the larger culture to be a safe place for our children . And we certainly can not rely on culture more to teach either us or them about what is important in life . Following Christ has always been counter -cultural . It was a scandal to the larger society from scratch . In a very real way , simply , we need to go back to our roots New Testament Gospel and live out our faith as a countercultural force , and it always has been .

 Recent studies on marriage show that although the divorce rates are significant , U.S. Catholics are less likely to divorce than people of other religious affiliations .
" Although ' divorce rate ' the Catholic lower than the U.S. average , it is still a frightening figure , " said the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University .
In a September 26 blog post , explained the research group and divorce among Catholics " represents more than 11 million individuals , " many of which " are likely to require more ongoing outreach and ministry of the Church . "
In his article , he explained the organization in which different ways of tallying divorce marriage rates and divorce create a range of different figures , including the statistic oft - quoted that " half of all marriages fail. "
Looking at the national surveys , " Catholics stand out with only 28 percent of never - married divorced at some point , " said the blog post , compared to over 40 per cent of those with no attachment religious , 39 percent of Protestants and 35 percent of those of another religious faith .
Moreover , Catholics who marry other Catholics are less likely to divorce than Catholics married to people of other faiths as well.
A 2007 survey by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate estimates that only 27 percent of Catholics married to other Catholics ever experienced divorce , compared to almost half the Catholics or Protestants married to a spouse with no religious belief .