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Yes, Marriage is Worth It, If It’s Catholic, by Nathan Kreider  – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Yes, Marriage is Worth It, If It’s Catholic, by Nathan Kreider 

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By Nathan Kreider, Catholic Exchange, Sept. 26, 2025

Nathan Kreider is a Catholic writer focusing on marriage and family. He is working his way through the timeless wisdom of the Church on these subjects. He writes to invite Catholics to discover the tremendous beauty of the Church’s teaching on marriage as a path to holiness.

author headshotOne of the common questions young men are asking today is, “is marriage worth it?” There are countless articles and videos all across the internet arguing that it’s not (or at the very least, that tremendous caution should be taken before entering into it).

This isn’t the place for thoroughly contextualizing some of the statistics regarding happiness, fulfillment, infidelity, and divorce. This is partly because this has already been done elsewhere, but also because the statistics can only say so much. Sure, they have their role, and when placed alongside the mountain of tragic stories of failed marriages and terrible spouses, the case for marriage looks pretty bleak.

But even granting all of these, any young man must remember that he is more than a data point, as is his future wife if he decides to marry. He can take very simple and clear steps to reduce the risks portrayed by the statistics. …

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