I doubt there was any deliberate connection, but the Royal wedding was in fact another cultural marker in the normalization of divorce.

The family is the privileged setting where every person learns to give and receive love.

I want this morning to begin our conversation by one way of telling the story of the most beautiful idea in the history of civilization: the idea of the love that brings new life into the world.  

Divorce, annulments, and contraception certainly have their impact on family life, but surely it is a negative one.