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7. The mistaken conviction of a divorced and remarried person that he may receive Holy Communion normally presupposes that personal conscience is considered in the final analysis to be able, on the basis of one's own convictions(15), to come to a decision about the existence or absence of a previous marriage and the value of the new union. However, such a position is inadmissable(16). Marriage, in fact, because it is both the image of the spousal relationship between Christ and his Church as well as the fundamental core and an important factor in the life of civil society, is essentially a public reality.

CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH LETTER TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CONCERNING THE RECEPTION OF HOLY COMMUNION BY THE DIVORCED AND REMARRIED MEMBERS OF THE FAITHFUL

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_14091994_rec-holy-comm-by-divorced_en.html

Annulment is a PRIVATE reality, which NOBODY needs to be told about.

Not even the PRIEST giving Communion has the right to demand information about any Formal Annulment Decree.

ONLY a Priest conducting a MARRIAGE Ceremony has any right to inquire on such matters.

And? This is also the ONLY time ANY Catholic is required to even address the issue.

So? Many think you are wrong. There is NOTHING you can do about the millions of Catholics, and literally THOUSANDS of Priests and Bishops who think you are wrong.

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith led the Inquisition. They have been wrong before, they are wrong now, and NO Pope has ever declared that the Internal Forum is NEVER allowed in cases of remarriage.

You, btw, are a rules-and-regs idiot. Someone could, LITERALLY, commit murder upon the former spouse and people like you would have no problem with the living spouse then “qualifying” under your absurd rules, for a full Catholic wedding.

Again, this subject is NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, and I am sure that many who obsess on such matters are, themselves, guilty of bearing false witness.