The Truth about Divorce and Annulments | Catholic Views

Thank you so very much for this presentation. This has helped me immensely.

Canon Law requires that the spouse who seeks a civil divorce first obtains permission from the local bishop.

There is a difference between the spouse who seeks a divorce and the spouse who opposes it. The spouse who seeks a civil divorce commits a sin against the other spouse.

Early on you say, that a priest told your grandma "We'll just take care of that", and then you said that is why you got into the tribunals to help more people. Taking care of it, and helping more people take care of it. Is it the convenience of communion, or is it solid ground for nullity biblically/cannon law. You also say, God never asks us to do the impossible...who is determining it is impossible? I believe that there are many instances where we are to suffer to some extent in this life. I am divorced. My xW never went to the church and asked for guidance in our marriage. Our marriage was valid despite what any process says, but I am expecting annullment papers at some point. Because it is really a catholic divorce that allows people to move on. The net is wide for what constitutes an annullment, so wide that anyone can fall into it. I believe the church should demand pre-divorce counseling for people in the process, at least to try and guide it biblically. Instead of conveniently cleaning up the mess afterward.

I felt like the Catholic Church completely abandoned me by granting an annulment to my cheating spouse who stated he just wanted an “out.”

See Mary’s Advocate wth Bai McFarlane. She will explain everything the correct way.

"If your marriage was always good and natural, we grant you the annulment." ?? A natural marriage is just as valid as a sacramental one.

She says there is no guilty or innocent spouse in a divorce. The Church teaches that every divorce has one guilty spouse and one innocent spouse.

Why would someone refuse to file for divorce until being granted annulment?

"The church does not judge people." False. In separation court, the guilty and innocent spouse is determined via the promoter of Justice, canon 1696.

Another way to look at it. If we’re going to accept her view that civil divorce is not a sin because it’s just a business contract ending then the spouse who left without getting an annulment or permission from the bishop to separate is still guilty of persistent mortal sin and should not present themselves for communion because they are withholding sex from the spouse the church says they are still married to. Canon 1151, CCC 2364

What does Jesus say about divorce? A husband who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. But your tribunal understands that things happen. The judges scrutinize the spouses' arguments, and they find cause for nullity in 90% of cases. Everyone lacks due discretion and/or has psychological incapacities. Christmas just passed. Millions of children visited Mom and her new man in the morning and Dad and his new woman in the afternoon. Misery. The problem is that you people have erased the primary purpose of marriage and substituted "relationship." In other words happiness. Not happy? Divorce/annul/remarry. The Pharisees should have been so clever.

Marriage is a solemn contract, not a covenant.

At 00:10:25: No, this is not correct. Civil law & Catholic Church both view marriage as a contract that creates obligation. Contract and covenant have the same understanding and they are not mutually exclusive.

God is not a God of divorce.....

The church considers a marriage involving a 13 year old as "valid" ... really?

If your baptized, it is sacramental or nothing. There is no natural marriage.