Church must reconcile divorce and remarriage, German cardinal says

Catholic Online ^ | 3/12/2014 | By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)

[EBH]

Grounds of Invalidity

The validity of a marriage may be challenged if an individual questions whether a quality essential to marriage was absent from consent at the time of the wedding ceremony. Behavior during the courtship and, to a lesser extent, during the time of cohabitation may give some indication that grounds of invalidity exist. Some forms of behavior such as physical abuse, alcohol and drug abuse, deviant sexual behavior, criminal activity, grave irresponsibility, mental illness, and persistent infidelity may indicate that valid marital consent was not exchanged by one or both parties. Beliefs about marriage contrary to Catholic doctrine may also indicate invalid consent. An intention to exclude children, contrary views about the permanence of marriage and fidelity may also indicate that consent was not exchanged validly. Any infringement of a person’s free choice to marry, fraud, error regarding the identity of the spouse, or extreme internal or external pressure to marry may also indicate that consent was not exchanged validly.

http://dioceseofcleveland.org/tribunal/index.php/petitioner-information/17-grounds-of-invalidity

[jimt]

Could you lay off the personal comments ? Plain Talk is expressing his/her views. There’s been no “Catholic bashing”. YOU’VE been doing the bashing.

You’re certainly within your rights to disagree. But it doesn’t have to be impolite.

[stanne]

I’ve not bashed anyone nor have I made personal attacks. This thread is days old

All catholic bashing threads last days, none else do.

Go pick on someone else. The militant gays have been doing satans work spitting on Catholics all day this st Patrick’s day. Your kicking a hurt creature

Get off it