Amid Declining Divorce Rates, Catholic Marriage Advocates Urge Continued Support for Married Couples
August 6, 2026
If you want to strengthen marriages in your community and drive down the divorce rate, Mary Rose Verret has a simple piece of advice: “Start with your own marriage.”
Verret and her husband, Ryan, have for years run the marriage ministry Witness to Love; in 2024 Pope Francis named them as consultants to the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and Life.
