Prevalance of annulments
This is old news (2007), but we were talking about this kind of thing over lunch so I wanted to blog it...
Vatican reverses Kennedy ruling - The Boston Globe: "According to Vatican statistics, of 56,236 hearings for an annulment that took place in 2002, 46,092 were approved, 30,968 in North America.
Robert Vasoli, a retired sociology professor at the University of Notre Dame who has done extensive research on the annulment process, wrote that in 1991 the United States accounted for 80 percent of the annulments granted by the church worldwide. Between 1982 and 1984, the Vatican overturned nearly 80 percent of the American annulments it reviewed, he wrote."
5 comments:
Hey Kieron
What is the relevance/significance of your inclusion of the annulment figures on your blog? What was the lunchtime discussion about?
(just curious)
re; Cathy's comment. Maybe it has smthg to do with the church's implacable view of divorce as a big no no and annulment as somehow more acceptable???
It just bothers me...are all these people really not married, or is something wrong in the system? Or both. And for me personally - what can I do to help ensure my marriage is strong? Answer: Love my wife.
What are the criteria for annulment? I always thought a marriage could only be annulled if it was unconsummated or illegal eg bigamous, incestuous, underage etc.
You and me both have been incredibly lucky in our partners - so has my bro Gerard as well. To keep my marriage strong I try to stay as connected as I can with Steve.
an annulment proceeding looks at:
"the events leading up to, and at the time of, the wedding ceremony" to see if it falls short of satisfying any of the following:
" (1) the spouses are free to marry; (2) they freely exchange their consent; (3) in consenting to marry, they have the intention to marry for life, to be faithful to one another and be open to children; and (4) their consent is given in the presence of two witnesses and before a properly authorized Church minister. Exceptions to the last requirement must be approved by church authority." (from this link)
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