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So Pope Francis has streamlined the whole annulment process. \u00a0Now I\u2019m no expert in that department. \u00a0Few Catholic I know are. \u00a0Long and short, the annulment process in the Church is supposed to flush out those rare instances where a marriage was never valid in the first place. \u00a0The reasons differed, but generally they should have been grave \u2013 it was never consummated, or one of the parties was coerced, or important information was withheld, or similar extreme cases. \u00a0<\/div>\n
In practice, unfortunately, the process seems to have become a long, cumbersome dodge around the modern no-fault divorce world in which we live. \u00a0People married for years who had kids and grandkids were told their marriages were null. \u00a0Just what constitutes an invalid marriage if you can be married for years with kids and grandkids? \u00a0Isn\u2019t that just divorce with a different name?<\/div>\n
At least it was such a long, burdensome process that nobody looked forward to it, many chose to dodge it, and at least there was this idea that having gotten a divorce, you weren\u2019t where the Church wanted you to be.\u00a0<\/div>\n
But now Pope Francis has, in the name of mercy, made the process easier. \u00a0Naturally, for a significant portion of the Catholic apologetics world, there is no problem. \u00a0There never is. \u00a0Pope Francis is never wrong. \u00a0All is right with the world. In this corner is Jimmy Akin<\/a>, who does a great job giving some background on what annulments are at least supposed to be, and a very direct take on how Pope Francis will work it out.<\/div>\n
There are others, however, who aren\u2019t too thrilled with Pope Francis on a variety of topics. \u00a0In this corner is Michael Dougherty<\/a>. \u00a0I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s been critical of Pope Francis in other areas, but he certainly sees a major problem with this. \u00a0The biggest problem seems to be that Pope Francis might be making it so impossible for people in the modern world to have an idea of what a real Catholic marriage is, a huge swath of their marriages might well be null anyway. \u00a0Sort of no-fault annulments. \u00a0You just say you\u2019re a victim of modern dumb, and it was never a marriage anyway. \u00a0Try again. \u00a0Kids and other considerations? \u00a0I don\u2019t know.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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So there you have it. \u00a0Two takes. \u00a0Once again either Pope Francis is really awesome and any mix ups or misunderstandings are the result of vast anti-Pope conspiracies or the result of dumb people who are dumb. \u00a0Or he is a child of the modern age, with heavy sympathies to the point of views progressive ideals and morals. \u00a0Time will tell.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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