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VOLUME XCII - NO. 11 | 116 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE GOSPEL | JUNE 11-24, 2016
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W
hile much of the chatter over
Amoris Laetitia has focused
on divorced and engaged
couples, the Pope also had an urgent
plea for the engaged: Be uncommon.
Have a simple wedding.
"Have the courage to be dierent.
Don't let yourselves get swallowed up
by a society of consumption and empty
appearances," he said.•
According to the popular wedding
planning website The Knot, the aver-
age American wedding costs $32,641.
That number increased by $3,000 in
six years. And it's not that people are
inviting more friends and family—the
average number of guests has actually
decreased. Couples are just spending
more money per guest. In fact, they're
spending over $14,000 on the average
reception venue, over $5000 on the
ring, and $68 per person
on catering. Compare that
to the $1,901 spent on the
BE SIMPLE. BE ONE.
BY MELISSA KEATING
melissa.keating@archden.org
@AndCompanions
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As the price of the average American wedding soars, Pope Francis' newest encyclical asks all Catholics to consider how complicated their weddings
need to be.
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