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To: Salvation

It seems to me that the practical effect of such a liberalization would be that people in unhappy marriages will consider this, essentially, as a fast track, de facto annulment. If one can receive communion after remarrying - why bother with an annulment?

This seems to me to be a kick in the teeth to those faithful spouses who have tried to make their marriages with unfaithful spouses work. If they do this, another effect will be to increase the rate of Catholic divorces.

Aside from the practical impact, how do they get around the Lord’s expressed words (e.g. Luke 16:18, Mark 10:12, Matthew 5:32) regarding anyone who divorces and remarries commits adultery? Are advocates suggesting that a marital blessing makes adultery okay?

Seems rather Jesuitical. Ooops...but, we do have a Jesuit for a pope. Still, I can’t imagine the pope, in the end, would approve this.


6 posted on 10/22/2013 7:48:11 AM PDT by Miles the Slasher
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To: Miles the Slasher

....Or rather to speed the annullment process up, in other words, put it on fast track.


12 posted on 10/22/2013 7:50:26 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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