12 Myths about Marriage Annulments in the Catholic Church
Courtesy of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Myth #1 A Divorced Person is Automatically Excommunicated from the Catholic Church Truth: The truth is that divorce itself does not...
Courtesy of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Myth #1 A Divorced Person is Automatically Excommunicated from the Catholic Church Truth: The truth is that divorce itself does not...
Answered by Father Kenneth Doyle – Question: I was married by a minister/attorney 40 years ago. My husband was Jewish, and the marriage ended in a divorce...
Church / Church Teaching / Daluxolo Moloantoa / Divorce / Marriage
by Daluxolo Moloantoa · Published August 14, 2023 · Last modified August 16, 2023
As part of Women`s Month, women theologians in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg hosted a talk on the process, context and meaning of marriage annulment from a Catholic...
Divorce / Perspectives / Priests / Question & Answer / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published May 9, 2023 · Last modified May 8, 2023
What is the Church’s view with regard to a divorced man who wants to join the priesthood, even if he may have children? I understand that the...
Church / Church Teaching / Divorce / Marriage / Question & Answer
by Admin · Published April 17, 2023
Question: My daughter is married to somebody divorced from his wife. Prior to this marriage, contracted in court, she was frequenting the sacraments, but now, because of...
Church / Church Teaching / Divorce / Eucharist / Question & Answer
by CNS · Published July 15, 2022 · Last modified July 14, 2022
Question: My brother was married in the Catholic Church but got divorced many years ago. Since then, he has not received Holy Communion, although he goes to...
Bible / Christian Living / Church / Divorce / Fr John Allen Green / Marriage
by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published October 1, 2021 · Last modified September 30, 2021
Compassion and Mercy as the Act of Love – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 2021 – (Mark 10:2-12) Our journey as the human species shows...
Church / Church Teaching / Divorce / Eucharist / Perspectives / Question & Answer / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published September 21, 2021 · Last modified September 19, 2021
There seems to be a lot of confusion and opinion about whether a divorced person may receive Communion or not. In 1970 my wife left me for...
Church / Divorce / Marriage / Perspectives / Question & Answer / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published September 19, 2021
Question: Can a marriage between two baptised Christians be annulled if one spouse is an alcoholic? Answer: Because all sacramental marriages are deemed valid unless proved otherwise,...
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The potential loss of money and authority are often at the heart of the opposition against reforming the Catholic Church’s annulment process,...
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