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To: Dr. Brian Kopp

You are missing an important item...How many annulments in the Catholic religion...Let’s add those to the divorces...


894 posted on 07/20/2010 9:39:13 AM PDT by Iscool
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To: Iscool

Why? They are only a subset of those that get divorced and remarried (with rare exceptions, such as those who go on to Holy Orders or religious life), so you cannot add them statistically.


896 posted on 07/20/2010 9:43:36 AM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: Iscool; metmom
Annulment numbers are small in comparison to total divorce numbers, and the vast majority of annulments are accompanied by civil divorce:

2. RAW NUMBERS. The Center has released total state and regional marriage and divorce numbers (not the same thing as rates) for the years 2000, 1999 and 1998.
The total numbers of U.S. divorces (excluding the non-counting states) reported finalized annually are 957,200 in 2000, 944,317 in 1999, and 947,384 in 1998.
The total numbers of U.S. marriages (including those states) reported celebrated annually are 2,355,005 in 2000, 2,366,623 in 1999, and 2,267,854 in 1998.
Chart of all states and regions from this report.

Catholic Annulment Statistics:
"For the year 2002: of the 56,236 ordinary hearings for a declaration of
nullity, 46,092 received an affirmative sentence. Of these, 343 were handed
out in Africa, 676 in Oceania, 1,562 in Asia, 8,855 in Europe and 36,656 in
America, of which 30,968 in North America and 5,688 in Central and South
America."
>From "PRESENTATION OF INSTRUCTION ABOUT NORMS IN MARRIAGE CASES", VATICAN CITY, FEB 8, 2005 (VIS), posted at
http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/vis/dinamiche/a0_en.htm

903 posted on 07/20/2010 9:55:40 AM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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