Just for the record:
A man or woman who becomes divorced can still receive the Sacraments of the Church, AS LONG AS THEY DO NOT REMARRY!.
Imporotant words there................as long as they do not remarry. (This does not take into account those who have received an annulment — three examples from my personal friends:
1) The husband never wanted to have children in the first place and consequently moved in with a man.
2) The husband sexually abused the wife by videoing sexual actitivities and other irregularities. (Ver demanding — it was not a marital union at all
3)The husband was an alcoholic, knocked the woman down the steps and other brutal physical abuse.
Just take out the VER
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Yes, the headline is misleading. The Church has no rules for divorce, because divorce is a civil government function. The Church has rules regarding who may receive Communion; those who are in ongoing non-marital or extra-marital sexual relationships should not receive.
True but it also does not apply to divorcees who choose to live with their partners rather than marry. You and I come from a different generation than this where marriage was still proper. Now, anything goes. Many choose not to 'bother' with marriage but bring their babies to be baptized and then never return again.