Deacon Greg Kandra links an article that encourages overhauling the annulment process. I think most people would agree that the annulment process is in need of serious improvement. In fact, one of the ...

I saw the headlines and went ballistic. “Pope Francis Seeks Easier Way for Catholics to End Marriages” “Pope Francis Simplifies Marriage Annulments with New Fast-track Process” There were others as ...

The thornier annulments involve people who were not Catholics at the time and had absolutely no reason to get married in a Catholic church. Ironically, they have to go through a full legal process ...

One of the Vatican’s top canon lawyers at the Synod of Bishops on the Family says the current process for the annulment of marriages in the Catholic Church could be streamlined and expanded to the ...

Pope Francis is making it easier and faster for couples to get their marriages annulled in the Roman Catholic Church. A new law, issued by the Vatican on Tuesday, involves a fast-track process that ...

On September 8, the Holy See released a pair of documents by Pope Francis that reform the way the Church handles annulments. Here are nine things to know and share . . . 1) What is an annulment? Is it ...

No clear guidance emerged from last fall’s Synod of Bishops on the Family for divorced and remarried Catholics who wish to receive holy Communion. Cardinal Sean O’Malley, O.F.M.Cap., among others, has ...

Pope Francis said the church's marriage annulment process should be more efficient and perhaps even free of charge, and he decried any attempts to exploit it for profit. "Some procedures are so long ...

Those expecting quick change in the church will be disappointed by the first day of the Synod of Bishops on the family. On the other hand, those who were present at the 1980 synod on the family will ...

(RNS) The streamlined marriage annulment procedures unveiled by the Vatican are aimed at simplifying what is often a tedious gauntlet of red tape. But it’s not clear how much effect the reforms ...