06/15/2026
Couples who skip cohabitation and premarital s*x face up to 60%-80% lower divorce rates, according to 40 years of research.
A Florida Catholic priest says 70% of engaged couples seeking pre-marital counseling are living together — but that number is dropping as more young people return to the church.
The shift comes as a nonprofit called Communio works with churches to strengthen marriages, citing data that links family decline directly to faith decline.
