1.   The wedding rite was rewritten to bring the ceremony more in line with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.

2.   A bride who carried out a Russian wedding rite a bit too enthusiastically wound up with a dislocated jaw, a newspaper reported Saturday.

3.   The state government hopes the weddings will become a cash cow, luring tourists who wish to see how traditional wedding rites are performed.

4.   Thirty-one years after the Second Vatican Council recommended sweeping changes in marriage ceremonies, the wedding rites have remained virtually unaltered.