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Russian demographer demands end to online divorces
6+ hour, 31+ min ago (342+ words) Russians currently have the option of filing for divorce online. However, Natalya Moskvitina, the deputy head of the Public Chamber's Demography Commission, insists that breaking up should be harder to do. Since 2022, getting a divorce has been as simple for…...
Vatican warns against polygamy
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (351+ words) The Vatican has warned Catholics against polygamy, insisting that real marriage is a lifelong and exclusive union of one man and one woman. In a new doctrinal note backing monogamy signed by Pope Leo XIV and released on Tuesday, the…...
French court hears Macron wife’s gender case
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (291+ words) A French court has heard a case against people accused of spreading online rumors that Brigitte Macron was born male, in proceedings that revived a conspiracy theory long denied by France's first lady. The two-day trial in Paris " where ten…...
UK health service defends ‘benefits’ of first-cousin marriage
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (350+ words) UK campaigners and politicians have criticised the National Health Service for promoting the "benefits" of first-cousin marriages, after the NHS compared the genetic risk of cousin marriage to that of having children later in life, or smoking and drinking during…...
Ex-Soviet state sees drop in marriages after cousin ban
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (174+ words) Azerbaijan has recorded a sharp decline in registered marriages following the introduction of a ban on unions between close relatives, local media has reported. Amendments to the Family Code, which took effect on July 1, prohibit marital unions between cousins and…...
US has plunged into ‘sex recession’ – survey
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (288+ words) Americans are in the midst of a "sex recession," with fewer adults reporting regular intimacy than at any point in recent decades, a recent nationwide survey has revealed. The sharpest decline is among young people, where reports of celibacy have…...
Widows should never remarry – Orthodox cleric
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (419+ words) Widowed women should never remarry and should stay faithful to their late husbands until the end of their days, Andrey Tkachev, an archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), has declared. The senior cleric made the remarks during a sermon,…...