[SMM48]

I suspect the divorced/remarried Catholics that want the ban lifted have already gone this route unsuccessfully.

A very good friend of mine got an annulment. He told me if you got the $$$, you basically buy it and it doesn't take years of waiting.

[refermech]

Headline should read: The end of the Catholic Church.

[HypatiaTaught]

He told me if you got the $$$, you basically buy it and it doesn’t take years of waiting.
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Reminds you of our government... No?

God and Gov! Yes they are for sale, always have been, always will be!

[notdownwidems]

A very good friend of mine got an annulment. He told me if you got the $$$, you basically buy it and it doesn't take years of waiting.

Yes, the selling of indulgences is what brought about the Reformation in the first place! Plus ca change...

[Mrs. Don-o]

That very good friend of yours is very much in the wrong. Annulment does not depend on money (in fact several US dioceses offer access to the tribunal process free of charge, and all of them have reduced fees for needy people) and the time frame is entirely dependent on the complexity of the case.

If it's a slam-dunk "documentary" case (where a mere document shows that the first marriage was not valid) it could be very quick, whereas if it's a contested annulment which requires tracking down the respondent, translators, cross-examinations, etc. it could be a long time coming, and a favorable ruling is by no means certain.

The pope wasn't willing to compromise with King Henry VIII on this, even though it cost him England and pret-near the whole Anglosphere for the next 500 years.

[kearnyirish2]

As I understand it, an “immaturity” loophole is used to grant unjustified annulments - as though anyone involved is fooling God...