[Marie]

So, according to the Church, there is never a valid reason to divorce? Abandonment is never considered?

[Alberta's Child]

From a sacramental standpoint the marriage doesn’t end just because one spouse abandons the other. The two people are still married in the eyes of God, which makes the abandonment all the more horrific for the guilty party.

[AAABEST]

No, there is no such thing as divorce if the marriage was sacramental. Civil and "natural" marriages are viewed differently.

Protestants will (or should) understand this as well as Catholics, as Christ is extremely direct and clear on the matter in scripture. Divorcing from the sacrament simply is impossible; a man-created concept that doesn't exist and cannot ever happen under any circumstances whatsoever.

The sacramental marriage either happened or it didn't. An annulment merely acknowledges there never was sacramental marriage to begin with.

[fatima]

Yes,Look to the church as Jesus .