http://www.guardian.co.uk/pope/story/0,12272,1408899,00.html
Vatican tightens code for annulments Sophie Arie in Rome Wednesday February 9, 2005 The Guardian Facing an increasing number of marriage annulments, the Vatican yesterday made its first move in 70 years to try to ensure that Catholics do not win the Church's blessing to end their marriages for the wrong reasons. "This code aims to help make it easier for the tribunals to ascertain the truth," said Cardinal Julian Herranz, head of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, presenting an updated book of legal guidelines called Dignitas Connubii (The Dignity of Marriage). The Catholic church does not recognise divorce, and annulment is the only way for Catholics to remarry before the church. More than 500,000 annulments are granted by Roman Catholic diocesan tribunals each year, most of them in America. [more at the link] Half a million RCC annulments a year! Wow..... I wonder what that is as a percentage of married RCC members compared to the "average" divorce rate. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/hjtSRD/3MnJAA/i1hLAA/wpWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> "[M]y ministry is that of servus servorum Dei." --Pope John Paul II (Ut Unum Sint, no. 88) "And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it." --Matthew 16:18 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pope-John-Paul-II/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
