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Pope Francis has turned heads again with another controversial view. On Wednesday, in front of his weekly general audience, he said that sometimes divorce is "inevitable." He also said, "Sometimes ...
The actual divorce rate is probably somewhat higher due to civil divorces obtained without an accompanying ecclesiastical divorce. [35] Divorced individuals are usually allowed to remarry though there is usually imposed on them a penance by their bishop and the services for the second marriage, in this case, are more penitential than joyful.
The Catholic Church holds that marriage is a sacrament creating an indissoluble union between one man and one woman. [4] While the Catholic Church allows for the possibility of separation from a marriage in certain cases, [5] it does not recognize the validity of a subsequent marriage unless a declaration of nullity has been obtained regarding the first marriage [6] or the first spouse is ...
Pope Francis has reformed the Roman Catholic Church's cumbersome procedures for marriage annulments, a decision keenly awaited by many couples around the world who have divorced and remarried ...
People had anticipated what he would say about the full re-integration into the Church of Catholics who divorce and remarry in civil ceremonies. Pope calls for compassionate Church open to ...
Approximately 94% of petitions filed in the United States are granted, and although the United States has only 6% of the world's Catholics, it accounts for 60% of the annulments granted worldwide, [25] leading Bai MacFarlane to suggest that the Church cooperates with the "evil of no-fault divorce". Pope John Paul II expressed concern over the ...
It asked Pope Francis to reaffirm "categorically the Catholic teaching that divorced-and-civilly-remarried Catholics cannot receive holy Communion and that homosexual unions are contrary to divine and natural law." [41] As of 5 February 2015 it had been signed by 72,000 people. [41]
After listening to the plight of divorced Catholics during a 2014-2015 synod on the family, for instance, Francis opened the door to letting divorced and civilly remarried couples receive Communion.