Well, then, I want my $2000 dollars back for the annulment we recently paid for (after being married to one another for 35+ years). We didn’t have to go through all that ridiculous paperwork - with very personal, insulting questions, then the 3.5 year wait, but in the eyes of the Church it “used to be” a sin not to. However, when I look at the communion lines at Mass, I would bet that more than 1/2 of the people receiving were divorced without ever being granted an annulment.
I had my first marriage annulled. I can’t receive communion because my husband will not help me with his first marriage needing to be annulled too. He is nonbaptized and could care less about church etc. The person who was supposed to help me (my advocate) with the process finally said I had the option to receive communion using my own reasoning. I still don’t after almost three years.