The Catholic Church has liberalized the process of annulment. Annulment plus civil divorce assures a fair distribution of the marital assets, protects the vulnerable spouse, and protects the children. (I know this isn’t always the case.) This is not the best, as remaining married to each other would be better; but, it may be the best that can be done under the circumstances. Especially if we are talking about adultery, spousal abuse or abandonment.
The Catholic position differs from the eastern church, the Protestants, and the Jews, the details of which I cannot cover. But, here is what I can say: the Catholics take the promise of married until death much more seriously. This commitment is viewed as important to the happiness of the adults (as opposed to endless shopping around for a better spouse), and very important for the children and for society.
Allowing sacraments to those who are not married, but are merely cohabiting, is beyond outrageous! Not even the Protestants allow this. Co-habitation is terrible for women and the children who may be formed. Just thinking about this, makes me wonder what the cardinals and bishops are doing. There should be a revolt against this man.
The problem with people who are moral adulterers but civilly divorced and remarried can be handled one case at a time, and privately, by advising people to seek annulments. The truth is, these people have “jumped the gun,” and put the church into an awkward position. It could be that there was a hasty divorce, that the church cannot make right by an annulment. But, even if this is the case, the church has the power to forgive the sin that was involved.
Now we come to what I believe is the real agenda. It is homosexuality. This man is seeking to loose the Catholic Church from its long history of teaching on marriage in order to loose the Catholic Church from its long history of teaching on human sexuality. The Catholics are following the liberal Protestants into apostasy and heresy. They’re putting the narcissistic love of homosexuals ahead of the needs of children and of society for stable families.
“Annulment plus civil divorce assures a fair distribution of the marital assets”
I would say rather that it assures that spouses who deserve nothing will receive half or more of the marital assets, so long as they are of the preferred sex.
Marriage in our country is a travesty. When either party can demand a divorce for no reason, marriage has ceased to exist. What you have is nothing more than temporary cohabitation contracts, the only guarantee being that the husband will be horribly wronged if the wife turns out to be a moral leper.
It is a terrible offense for the Church to follow the corrupt culture of death down that sewer grate.
“The Catholics are following the liberal Protestants into apostasy and heresy.”
Funny you say they are following, but yet they the rcc is the only church to be cast into the tribulation.
Revelation 2:22
22 Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds.
Now I’ll correct the statement and say that liberal protestant churches and the rcc are following Satan to Hell.
He’s just a pope. He’s entirely replaceable.
Sadly folks are simply too FEARFUL to stand on the TRUTH.