If getting an annulment is easy then it is no different from divorce. It is rank hypocrisy to say divorces sanctioned by the church are not really divorce and are ok but other divorce is not. Particularly when annulments can be bought and paid for. Divorce is a tragedy but we live in a sinful world and tragedy happens. I know many faithful Christians who end up with divorces they never sought or wanted. Punishing them further by denying them membership in your club or access to the altar is capricious and cruel.
Being divorced doesn’t leave anyone out of the church or sacraments. The only thing you can’t do is be married again. Ypu really have erroneous ideaa about all things Catholic
Easy has nothing to do with it. Annulments are not intended to be easy or hard. The difference between annulment and divorce is that a divorce is the couple ending the marriage. Everyone agrees the marriage existed and now they want to end it. An annulment is accepting that the marriage never really existed because at least one of the participants did not understand the marriage vows or did not intend to live up to them from the beginning. Therefore the marriage was never a marriage. The church agrees to marry everyone who it believes will take their vows seriously. At least they will do it once. And if they can prove there are grounds for an annulment, they will do it twice. Otherwise the person can get married outside of the church. Divorce is mentioned in all four gospels. And in all four gospels it is clearly forbidden.