Annulment not granted question

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Hello: Just wondering what happens after an annulment is not granted. Does the Church tell the petitioner "Hey! go back to your wife/husband and make a true marriage of it" (not in those words of course). Unrelated question: Are there more female petitioners than male? Dave

-- David MacSween (summertime@ns.sympatico.ca), May 12, 2003

Answers

In my vast experience (sarcasm is a lovely thing), the Church gives the decision and then what happens happens.... They really don't do anything actually.

-- OperaDiva (solosoprano@juno.com), May 12, 2003.

David,

I really do not know 'officially as I am still in first instance...

If there is no requirement for an official 'get back together' declaration attached to final decree I would venture to 'guess' that it may not happen. Since there is no 'historical data' and there are no measurements in place that would determine the correct answer to your question -it is not tracked.

However, we all know what the Church position is on this subject whether it be pre or post separation and or divorce or EVEN if a marriage is not found invalid (not found invalid?)...

Let me add that the situations noted above are when a couple/marriage is in most need of guidance and requires the most assistance from Church -from what I have seen this 'assistance' does not happen as a rule -maybe as an exception... The rules/actions that seem to prevail are all along the 'heal your individual pain - 'question validity' path...

-- Daniel Hawkenberry (dlm@catholic.org), May 12, 2003.


What???

People, speak english or latin or something. What will happen if the annulment is not granted, will the couple ride into the sunset with the screen scrolling "The End....Or Is It?"?

-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), May 12, 2003.


Ha ha, there *is* no end.

-- OperaDiva (solosoprano@juno.com), May 12, 2003.

Dear Dave,

The Church will do nothing to heal your marriage. If that would happen it would have ot be your wife's choice.

Selfishness feeds upon itself. An abandoned spouse becomes like property, less than human. I believe JPII said something to that affect. It is true in my experience.

I hope you are close to your kids and I hope they sympathize with you. My heart breaks hearing this.

I do not know the numbers of male/female petitioners. I do believe that far more females seekm divorce than males. Modernism/feminism are such wonderful things. But male chauvanism(if that is how it is spelled) has done its part too in treating women as property. It is all in the sad cauldron.

While wrongful divorce remains unsanctioned this will likely remain a nightmare.

-- Karl (Parkerkajwen@hotmail.com), May 12, 2003.



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