The Church has, for many years, allowed divorced and remarried Catholics to receive Communion.
By running them through the Annulment Scam.
I oppose this Pope on most things, but if we are going to accept ANY remarried Catholics let’s make the process honest and straightforward. Not a revenue-generating boondoggle that ends up having Catholics swear to, and Clergy affirm, things that, in reality, were never true.
And if we won’t accept ANY we should prepare to become a radically smaller Church.
In cases of financial distress, there is no charge for an annulment.
If you are really poor, it costs nothing. If you have limited means, you pay as much of the fee as you can. If you have means, you pay the full tribunal fee which ranges from $500 to $1,000 depending on the complexity of the case, how much documentary or testimentary evidence you have to amass, how many hearing you have to have, that is, the complexity of the case (especially contested cases.)
E.g. if they have to collect documents or depositions from people in another country or have them translated from a different language that costs more.
Catholic marriage tribunals in the U.S. ended up $14,000,000 in the red in the last year for which statistics are available (2013). It is not now and never was a money-making proposition. Tribunal fees are minimal compared to civil divorce fees.
You OBVIOUSLY have no idea of what you are talking about and if you don't believe in the Catholic church....what do you care????
the annulment is sort of a scam....it makes the rabble leap thru rings of fire but if you’re a Kennedy, its a wink and a nod....