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HenryV said:
In 1968 in the US there were 338 annulments, in 2002 there were 50,000.

How could there be so many invalid marriages? Or is there another thing at work here?
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Before 1968 there were a whole lot less mixed marriages within the Catholic Church. After 1968, many Catholic were marrying outside the faith. All sorts of non-Catholic, but Christian marriages were being investigated for anullment by the Catholic Church.
 
HenryV said:
In 1968 in the US there were 338 annulments, in 2002 there were 50,000.

How could there be so many invalid marriages? Or is there another thing at work here?
Your comments.
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two comments
one, revised code of canon law changed the tribunal process so that this valid canon law remedy became more widely available to those who genuinely had the right to this process

two, in 1968 with the publication of Humanae Vitae the coalescing spirit of rebellion against traditional Church teaching on sexuality marriage and family, particularly as expressed in this iteration of teaching on the sinfulness and unnaturalness of ABC, used this as a focal point of organized wide-spread dissent. In fact, the issue became a test-case for orthodoxy of priests, religious and lay Catholics in many dioceses. This spirit is reflected throughout the Church, and adoption of dissenting viewpoints on the ABC issue, intentionally, from the foundation of the marriage, has in fact rendered countless marriages as invalid from the root.

In short, there are so many annulments declared because there are so many invalid marriages, among Catholics who have cohabited before marriage, and have embraced anti-life attitudes from the inception of their marriages, leading directly to the breakdown of those marriages, and necessitating investigation which reveals the failure to prepare Catholics for valid marriage in the first place.
 
A few months ago I met a woman in her 80s. She said she had loved being Catholic as a child. Sadly, as a young adult she married someone who was abusive and alcoholic – she feared for her life, and consulted with an attorney, a Catholic, about filing for a divorce. He told her that Catholics aren’t allowed to divorce, and to call a priest. She called her pastor, who told her she will burn in hell if she left her husband. She left her husband AND the Catholic Church, never looking back.

With regard to petitions for nullity, I’d like to think that the Church is more enlightened and charitable now in cases like this woman’s.
 
quiet52 said:
A few months ago I met a woman in her 80s. She said she had loved being Catholic as a child. Sadly, as a young adult she married someone who was abusive and alcoholic – she feared for her life, and consulted with an attorney, a Catholic, about filing for a divorce. He told her that Catholics aren’t allowed to divorce, and to call a priest. She called her pastor, who told her she will burn in hell if she left her husband. She left her husband AND the Catholic Church, never looking back.

With regard to petitions for nullity, I’d like to think that the Church is more enlightened and charitable now in cases like this woman’s.
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Divorce is a sin and a mortal one still.
 
HenryV said:
Divorce is a sin and a mortal one still.
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I may be ignorant but is divorce the mortal sin here, or is divorce and then re-marriage (adultry) the sin? What about all those spouses out there that didn’t file for a divorce but were simply victims of “no-fault divorce” as I was. Today, in many states, it only takes one to divorce and the other spouse has no say in the matter. I don’t believe (but I could be wrong) that divorce is the sin; rather, it’s what happens after the divorce.
 
divorce is objectively sinful but being divorced by the other person is not a sin, and getting legal help to protect oneself in a divorce is not a sin. divorce may be permitted if it is necessary to protect the spouse or children from violence or abuse, or to protect legal rights of the spouse and children.
 
Tietjen said:
I may be ignorant but is divorce the mortal sin here, or is divorce and then re-marriage (adultry) the sin? What about all those spouses out there that didn’t file for a divorce but were simply victims of “no-fault divorce” as I was. Today, in many states, it only takes one to divorce and the other spouse has no say in the matter. I don’t believe (but I could be wrong) that divorce is the sin; rather, it’s what happens after the divorce.
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If you are the innocent party to a divorce there is no guilt on you. If you innitiate a divorce (permanent separation) you should first have the permission of the Church which Canon Law provides for when there is serious reason, threat to a person, children or property rights.
 
divorce is objectively sinful but being divorced by the other person is not a sin, and getting legal help to protect oneself in a divorce is not a sin. divorce may be permitted if it is necessary to protect the spouse or children from violence or abuse, or to protect legal rights of the spouse and children.
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Divorce is not a sin…remarrying would be the sin. :eek:
Before 1968 there were a whole lot less mixed marriages within the Catholic Church. After 1968, many Catholic were marrying outside the faith.
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I married a Catholic, but just being a Catholic doesn’t mean that you can do no wrong. An alcoholic Catholic is still an alcoholic and the kids still suffer
In 1968 in the US there were 338 annulments, in 2002 there were 50,000.
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I’m wondering 338 annulments out of how many marriages in 1968 and 50,000 annulments out of how many marriages in 2002. There are more and more people in the world - so that means most likely there are a larger number of marriages now then in 1968.
Terri
 
homewardangel said:
I’m wondering 338 annulments out of how many marriages in 1968 and 50,000 annulments out of how many marriages in 2002. There are more and more people in the world - so that means most likely there are a larger number of marriages now then in 1968.
Terri
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I read that the number of Catholic marriages has dropped by about 1/3 since Vatican II, and more and more Catholic couples are living together instead of getting married like before. What is going through their minds that they don’t wnat to get married? Could it be that they are thinking that since it is so easy nowadays to get an annulment, why go through all this bother and expense of getting married, when after all is said and done, the marriage might be annulled down the line - meaning that there was really never any Sacramental marriage in the first place.
 
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