Good post. The Pope is responding to the valid criticisms that actual annulments can literally take years and cost thousands of dollars. What is hoped for with this process streamlining is for anyone applying for an annulment will get a much quicker response on whether the annulment process would be valid for them. It also would lessen the costs as many people that would otherwise seek a valid annulment do not and then live their lives working around the divorce issue. I have not fully investigated the changes but I do not believe any standard of what constitutes an annulment are changing (based on further investigation, I could be wrong). I am not trying to defend or criticize this action, just explain it. God bless.