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The reforms were proposed by a group of experts in matrimonial jurisprudence. [2] According to experts at the Vatican, they are the most expansive revision in matrimonial nullity jurisprudence in centuries. The reforms are a departure from the 18th-century matrimonial nullity reforms of the canonist Pope Benedict XIV. [1]
Pope Francis expressed worries over the fact that probably "half of all marriages are null" [28] in the light of canon law. This observation was one of the reasons for calling an extraordinary synod of bishops on the family in October 2014. [29] Pope Francis later reformed the matrimonial nullity trial process in 2015.
Under the 1983 Code of Canon Law, the discipline of 1917 has been changed; a marriage ratum sed non consummatum can now be dissolved only by a dispensation from the pope or his delegate. [11] The pope has delegated competency for granting such dispensations to the Tribunal of the Roman Rota , one of the ordinary tribunals of the Apostolic See.
The Pope said the comment after his address opening a pastoral conference of the Diocese of Rome. Audio was recorded by Vatican Radio. Most modern marriages are invalid, Pope says in off-the-cuff ...
Pope Francis sought Sunday to encourage married couples, acknowledging that the pandemic has aggravated some family problems but urging couples to seek help and always remember three key words in ...
According to Cardinal Julián Herranz, then-president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts which issued the instruction, the purpose of Dignitas connubii was to give the ministers of justice (tribunal officers) a practical and convenient guide for handling tribunal work in matrimonial nullity processes. [2]
Pope Francis permitted priests to bless same-sex couples, signifying a shift in the Catholic Church’s approach toward LGBTQ parishioners, while also reinforcing the teaching that marriage is ...
Francis: 2015: Reform to the Canons of the Code of Canon that pertain to the marriage nullity cases. [15] Mitis et Misericors Iesus: Francis: 2015: Reform of the canons of the Code of Canons of Eastern Churches pertaining to cases regarding the nullity of marriage [16] Mysterii Paschalis: Paul VI: 1969: Reorganisation of the liturgical year ...