[piusv]

Annulments have skyrocketed post Vatican II. I heard there were 90 worldwide in 1939. In the US alone, there were about 55,000 in 2013 decreased from around 80,000 in the 1980's.

Clearly, annulments need to be streamlined. /s

[Georgia Girl 2]

All the Pope is doing is going around a convoluted way to let us Catholics get back to taking communion through annulment. Cardinal Kasper and some other Cardinals are pushing to just let divorced and remarried Catholics take communion. My belief is that this streamlined annulment process is just a substitute.

IMO it would be far better to let the parish priest hear the reason for why someone got divorced and remarried and make a one on one decision about letting them take communion.

I have been a Catholic for 30 years and I do abide by the rules of the church but when I see people like Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi taking communion it makes me wonder.