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Annulment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Annulment (Catholic Church) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the Roman Catholic Church, annulment is a canonical procedure according to the Church's Canon Law whereby an ecclesial tribunal judges whether the bond of matrimony in a particular case was enter...
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The Catholic Church believes that marriage is a lifetime exclusive partnership between a man and a woman, ... If someone can honestly answer NO to one or more of these questions as it applies to his or her marriage on the wedding day, then it is possible that some reason or ground exists for church annulment or dissolution.
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The Catholic Church prohibits divorce -- the dissolution of a valid marriage -- but permits annulment in special cases. Grounds include evidence that one or both of the partners lacked the mental capacity to marry, hid information on infertility, impotence or a previous marriage, or married under threat.
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Even though an annulment implies that no valid marriage occurred, children of that marriage are considered legitimate. (Catechism of the Catholic Church [CCC] 1138 & 1139). An "annulment can't affect children's status retroactively." 13 ... An annulment may be obtained on a number of grounds. Some are listed below:
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The Catholic Truth Society has published a pocket guide to the grounds and procedures for annulment, titled 'Marriage Annulment in the Catholic Church' by Fr Stephen Gasche. (C.T.S. Ex01) price £1.95...
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It is directly concerned with the law of the Catholic Church, showing the grounds on which apparent marriages are declared null. ... Questions About Divorce and Annulment Mary Beth Bonacci explains why the Catholic Church doesn't allow divorce and why an annulment is not a 'Catholic' divorce.
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