What Progress with the Annulment Situation?

Six years ago this month, Pope Francis introduced major changes to the "annulment" process, in "Mitis iudex dominus Iesus."

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Pope Francis Meets with the Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Pope Francis on Friday said the Church’s teaching on marriage is not an “ideal for the few,” but “a reality that, in the...

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, January 22, 2016

Chiesa: Nullity of Marriage. A Reform That Risks Sinking in the Dock

The extreme facility of the procedures was the solution contrived by Pope Francis to readmit the divorced and remarried to communion. But not everything is working out as planned. A commentary by the canonist Guido Ferro Canale

Chiesa: New Annulment Procedures. A Jurist Demolishes the Reform of Pope Francis

He is Professor Danilo Castellano, one of the leading experts on the subject. He judges the reform as “contradictory and inconsistent.” But Cardinal Kasper doesn’t like it, either

by Sandro Magister

More on the New Annulment Canonical Norms

Dr. Edward Peters: A first and second look at "Mitis Iudex"
"I think these five canons and the official explanation that accompanies them raise several serious questions for ecclesiastical marriage law."

A republication of this post and something subsequent: A second look at Mitis, especially at the new fast-track annulment process

Francis, Mercy, and Annulments by David Salvato
The modifications in today's motu proprio change little, at least in relation to Canon Law, but do perpetuate the narrative of the "revolutionary" pontificate

On the Annulment Legislation

Pope Francis this week issued two major documents reforming the judicial system of the Catholic Church in the areas of...

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, September 9, 2015

ther Robert J. Kaslyn, S.J., is a Jesuit priest and canon lawyer who serves as Dean of the School of Canon Law at...

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Wednesday, September 9, 2015

On the Annulment Reform

Catholic Herald: Annulments: Pope has come down in favour of Cardinal Müller, not Cardinal Marx by Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Here are some photos from the Press Conference announcing the changes to the marriage annulment process. For the full...

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, September 8, 2015

The President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio – who was also a member...

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Pope Francis has issued legislation to simplify and speed-up the procedures for marriage annulments.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Press Conference for the presentation of two Apostolic Letters of Pope Francis, given motu proprio: Mitis iudex Dominus...

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Ross Douthat on the New Pontificate Thus Far

NYT: The Francis Era: Synthesis or Civil War?

Roman Catholics want more? Where is the ressourcement they should be embracing?

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