Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury speaks out on the value of marriage
The Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury has urged people to remind young couples about the values of marriage and encouraged more to consider the commitment.
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Right Reverend Mark Davies spoke at the annual Mass in celebration of marriage and family life and said church weddings had declined to the point that in some parishes there were fewer than 10 marriages a year.
But he called on church-goers to speak to young people about the "beauty of marriage".
He said: "God's plan for marriage never goes out of fashion. It is the obscuring of the vision of marriage in our time which creates the fear that such a life, such a lasting love, such an enduring faithfulness is no longer possible.
