[af_vet_1981]

What?

Looks suspect (fake) to me; I searched for the quotes and found a different context and report here:

Propaganda like this really saps the credibility of some sites ...

[ebb tide]

“It’s a superstition, because marriage frightens the husband. It’s a superstition we have to overcome” the Pope said. “I’ve seen a lot of fidelity in these cohabitations, and I am sure that this is a real marriage, they have the grace of a real marriage because of their fidelity, but there are local superstitions, etc.”1

http://www.cfnews.org/page88/files/f963af1da96bb10babd7946a5cfcc3ad-599.html

[Carthego delenda est]

The article you linked to sure does present it quite differently!