National Catholic Register

Here's What the Annulment Changes Are All About

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 ...
National Catholic Register

Canon Lawyers Evaluate the Path to Annulment

WASHINGTON — In the lead-up to October’s Ordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family, Cardinal Walter Kasper’s controversial pastoral proposal to allow some divorced-and-remarried Catholics to receive the ...
National Catholic Reporter

Simplified annulment process coming from synod

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 ...
America Magazine

The Annulment Dilemma: Revisiting a complicated process

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 ...
National Catholic Reporter

Pope says annulment process should be cheaper and more efficient

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 ...