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[Ouchthatonehurt]

Wow, I even think annulment is abused.
I realize how difficult it must be for people in this situation, but let’s face it, nobody said life dosn’t have difficulties.

[Alberta's Child]

“I think it’s something we have to look at,” Bishop Tobin said. “I was very clear about saying I don’t have the answers. But we’ve got a challenge here. We’ve got a problem. We have to at least look at it and talk about it. Otherwise, if we go through this long synod process for the next two years and end up where we are now, that will be a failure.”

You're right you've got a problem, dude. There are too many people in your flock who stand before God and vow to remain married until death do them part, then decide some time later that a vow before God isn't all that important after all.

Making it easier and more acceptable for them to break those vows ain't gonna help any of them. It ain't gonna help you when you stand before God, either.

[al_c]

Thank God that his Church is not run by a democracy. That said, this poll is useless ... if one is living in mortal sin, one should not present themselves for communion. That will never change.

[Alberta's Child]

“Although the teaching of Christ and his Church about the permanence of marriage is clear and undeniable, the lived reality is that many individuals, for a variety of reasons perhaps — personal, catechetical or cultural — are ill-equipped to fulfill the demands of the law,” Bishop Tobin wrote.

Pardon my language, but what the f#&% does that mean?

[Viennacon]

Freep those polls!

[Marie]

I’m not Catholic and I’m genuinely curious. How would the following situation be managed by the Catholic Church?

A man and a woman marry. They produce a child. Two years later, when the child is 3 months old, the man comes home from work and tells the woman, “I made a mistake. I don’t want this. I’m divorcing you.”

He walks out. She goes home to her parents. He files for a civil divorce two weeks later.

According to the Catholic Church, what happens to the young woman? When can she remarry?

[Salvation]

Should divorced and civilly remarried Catholics be allowed to receive Communion? (4,040 votes)

Yes: 67% (2,699)

No: 33% (1,341)

[Yosemitest]

Catholics need to READ THE BIBLE and OBEY !

[usconservative]

Catholic Church uses five criteria in deciding to grant an annulment

None of which were ever applied to any Kennedy family member despite their being "Catholic."

[trebb]

“Although the teaching of Christ and his Church about the permanence of marriage is clear and undeniable, the lived reality is that many individuals, for a variety of reasons perhaps — personal, catechetical or cultural — are ill-equipped to fulfill the demands of the law,” Bishop Tobin wrote.

Jesus walked the earth under the Old Covenant and could not preach against it - He spoke of the new Covenant that He would be the beginning of.

That said, we once again have men, using a man-made religion, making decisions about who gets to commune with God and they actually think their decisions are binding on other's souls....God must chuckle at the hubris.