Advice and opinion about family issues. http://morganarticlearchive.com editor@morganarticlearchive.com editor@morganarticlearchive.com India is a diverse, multi-cultural country with people of various religions, communities and sects living together in harmony and peace. Each community has its own set of religious rituals, traditions and multitudes of customs inherited from ancestors. Arranged marriage is one such common custom handed down over generations. Arranged marriage has played an important role in Indian marriages. This concept is even today accepted by millions of Indians in India and abroad. Marriages, initiated by e ... http://morganarticlearchive.com/article/family/109.htm Perhaps inspired by their recent success in influencing the outcome of the American Presidential elections, the Catholic Church have looked Northward. 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