I disagree with Kasper. This needs to stay as it is. If people can’t stay married and get a divorce how can we know that they will keep promises to not remarry?
Kaspar does not call the shots. His opinion is just that, an opinion. The Synod of Bishops on the family in October and the world Synod of Bishops will make a recommendation to Pope Francis. No way 2,000 years of Church teaching, AND the Word of God will be disregarded. The Pope’s job is to safeguard the truth.
Very often it was a contested divorce, with one spouse who didn’t want to get divorced at all.