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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]
In 2015, the process for declaring matrimonial nullity was amended by the matrimonial nullity trial reforms of Pope Francis, the broadest reforms to matrimonial nullity law in 300 years. [6] Prior to the reforms, a declaration of nullity could only be effective if it had been so declared by two tribunals at different levels of jurisdiction.
(Example: A man and a woman live together without marrying; this impediment prevents the man marrying the woman's mother or daughter–but not the woman herself–even if the cohabiting relationship has ended or the woman has died.) Ecclesiastical, relative, permanent. Adoption. [29] The parties are related by adoption.
Francis suggested such blessings could be offered under some circumstances if they didn’t confuse it with marriage. Pope Approves Blessings for Same-Sex Couples Skip to main content
The term "internal forum" is sometimes used in connection with the controversial [9] so-called "internal forum solution" claimed to justify reception of Holy Communion by someone who is convinced that a former marriage was invalid, but who cannot prove this externally so as to obtain a declaration of nullity. This is not a canonical solution.
On 15 August 2015 Pope Francis issued the motu proprio Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus, which amended twenty-one canons (1671–1691) to reform the process of determining matrimonial nullity. The document was made public on 8 September 2015. [25] [26]
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 ...
Declaration of Nullity. Dignitas connubii; Matrimonial Nullity Trial Reforms of Pope Francis; Vetitum; Defender of the Bond; Impediments to Marriage. Affinity; Clandestinity; Impediment of crime; Disparity of cult; Ligamen; Public propriety; Matrimonial dispensation. Ratum sed non consummatum; Sanatio in radice; Natural marriage. Pauline ...