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Monday May 12, 2008
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From Agnes Haggerty re annulments By Fr. Leonard Kennedy
Further to my letter in the May issue and Father Kennedy's response re
annulments: I fail to see how Father Kennedy can interpret the words of Jesus
Christ in Matthew 19:3-11 as referring to common law unions. The question the
Pharisees put to Him was, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
Issue: July/August 1999 | Online: Jul 18, 2000, 15:57
Declaration on Divorce By Vatican
The Code of Canon Law establishes that "Those upon whom the penalty of
excommunication or interdict has been imposed or declared, and others who
obstinately persist in manifest grave sin, are not to be admitted to Holy
Communion" (can. 915)...
Issue: June 2000 | Online: Jun 18, 2000, 15:48
Annulments in Toronto By Catholic Insight
As a follow-up to the April '99 article on annulments, we received a copy of the report submitted by the head of the Toronto Marriage Tribunal, Father Brian Clough, to the archdiocesan Council of Priests, dated Nov. 17, 1998, and covering the year 1997...
Issue: May 1999 | Online: May 18, 2000, 15:46
Divorce: the custody of children By Dennis Buonafede
Thirty years ago then Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau oversaw the enactment of the Divorce Act that made it easier for married couples to dissolve their union. As justification Mr. Trudeau claimed that the Government had no business being in people's bedrooms. As a result of the Act the bedroom has become a courtroom, and the victims are both the children and the fathers...
Issue: March 1999 | Online: Mar 18, 2000, 15:53
The annulment crisis in the Church By Fr. Leonard Kennedy
The Catholic Church does not accept divorce. Jesus insisted on the original intention of the Creator who willed that marriage be indissoluble (Mt 5:31-21; 19:3-9; Mk 10:9; Lk 16:18; 1 Cor 7:10-11). However, the Church can declare the nullity of a marriage, i.e., declare that the marriage never existed (Code of Canon Law, #1095-1107; see also the Catechism of the Catholic Church, under "Divorce"). Last October Pope John Paul II...
Issue: March 1999 | Online: Mar 18, 2000, 15:37
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